Definition of androecium in English:
androecium
nounPlural androeciaanˈdriːsɪəmanˈdrēSH(ē)əm
Botany The stamens of a flower collectively.
Example sentencesExamples
- From each plant one randomly chosen, fresh flower was dissected under a binocular microscope to separate the corolla, androecium and gynoecium.
- Only at a fairly late developmental stage does the corolla finally overtop the androecium and gynoecium.
- The androecium of each flower had dehisced on the morning of sampling.
- However, their androecia and gynoecia present considerable diversity.
- The Caribbean species differs in tepal pubescence as well as in important characters of the androecium and the relationship may not be so close as previously assumed.
Derivatives
adjective
Botany Beetles began to escape the day pollen was shed due to changes in the androecial wall.
Example sentencesExamples
- Floral development has been studied at our lab in a broad range of angiosperm taxa with special emphasis on floral nectaries, androecial patterns and gynoecial characters.
- It was shown that the androecial initiation was centripetal, whereas the microsporogenesis and anther maturation were centrifugal.
- Enlargement of the five androecial primordia shapes the remaining central portion of the floral apex into a pentagon, upon which the two carpel primordia are initiated simultaneously.
- Thus, reconsidering the importance of these androecial features is necessary, and new morphological characters are needed for a better understanding of legume evolution.
Origin
Mid 19th century: modern Latin, from andro- + Greek oikion 'house'.