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31: 239:). It is often cleft at the tip, implying that it may be a double structure derived from the union of two separate organs. This has led to suggestions that it may be what remains of the grass sepals (outer perianth whorl): specifically the two adaxial members of the three membered whorl typical of 369:
Prasad, K, et al. (2005) OsMADS1, a rice MADS-box factor, controls differentiation of specific cell types in the lemma and palea and is an early-acting regulator of inner floral organs. The Plant Journal 43,
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Parts of a single grass spikelet, consisting of two glumes, four fertile florets, with one additional central floret that may or may not be sterile
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The lemmas' shape, their number of veins, whether they are awned or not, and the presence or absence of hairs are particularly important
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is the structure that consists of between one and three small scales at the base of the ovary in a grass flower that represent the
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The palea is the uppermost of the two chaff-like bracts that enclose the grass floret (the other being the
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The perianth interpretation of the palea is supported by the expression of
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term referring to a part of the spikelet. It is the lowermost of two
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genes in this organ during development, as is the case in sepals of
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This article is about Palea in Poaceae. For receptacular bracts in
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may represent the other two members, having been joined together).
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or wind-pollinated, although insects occasionally play a role.
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Index

Rachilla (floral axis)

botany
grasses
sedges
monocots
florets
panicles
spikes
rachilla
Poaceae
family
bracts
glumes
perianth
hermaphroditic
maize
anemophilous
Lemma
phytomorphological
chaff
bracts
floret
awn
glumes
abaxial
perianth
whorl
palea
characters

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