His key used the presence of six equal stamens, a single style, a simple petaloid ( undifferentiated tepals resembling petals ) perianth and a trilocular capsule with flat seeds to identify the family.
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The petaloids comprise vertical sheets of tubes filled with sand . " Swartpuntia " specimens range in length from 12 to 19 cm, and in width from 11.5 to 140 cm.
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The lily paraphyletic " catch-all " group of petaloid monocots that did not fit into other families and included a great number of genera now included in other families and in some cases in other orders.
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In some species of " Sauvagesia ", the anthers split lengthwise, but the entire androecium is wrapped in petaloid staminodes, so that the pollen can escape from only the apex of the anther.
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""'Swartpuntia " "'is a monospecific genus of erniettomorph from the terminal Ediacaran period, with at least three quilted, leaf-shaped petaloids probably five or six.
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The morphological concept of petaloid monocots has been equated with " animal-attracting " ( that is, for pollination ) as opposed to wind-pollinating plants ( such as grasses ) that have evolved very different floral structures.
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Flowers on a spike, zygomorphic, perianth of 6 petaloid parts, 2.5-3 cm long, pale or dark rose pink, smelling only in the afternoon, bracts 1.5-3 cm long.
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These short, extra petals ( sometimes known as " petaloids " ) drop off after the flower has been pollinated, leaving an apparently single flower, whereas doubles and semi-doubles tend to retain their extra petals after pollination.
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One terminal showy flower, perianth cup shaped, of six free, petaloid segments, 2.5-9 x 1-3.5 cm, with dark blood-red colour, internally with a black blotch bordered by a yellow zone.
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In Irises and others in the Iridaceae family, the style divides into three petal-like ( petaloid ), " style branches " ( sometimes also referred to as stylodia ), almost to the base of the style and is called tribrachiate.
