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. 2013 Mar 4;111(5):821–837. doi: 10.1093/aob/mct039

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5.

Galipeinae. Photographs of flowers at anthesis. (A) Conchocarpus heterophyllus and C. minutiflorus (bottom-left); (B) C. macrophyllus; (C) Galipea jasminiflora; (D) Erythrochiton brasiliensis. Microtome transections of floral buds: (E) Region of floral tube in Conchocarpus heterophyllus. (F) Detail of E, showing the intertwining trichomes in petals and filaments. (G) Detail of the floral tube of E. brasiliensis, showing the congenital fusion of stamens and petals. (H) Detail of the upper half of the floral tube of C. macrophyllus, showing the intertwining trichomes in petals and filaments. Abbreviations: f, filament; bs, vascular bundle of stamen; bp, vascular bundle of petal; p, petal; st, staminal tube; t, trichomes. Scale bars: (A) = 1 cm, inset = 2 mm; (B–D) = 1·5 cm; (E, H) = 200 µm; (F) = 400 µm, (G) = 300 µm.