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Calyptra

In bryophytes, the calyptra is an enlarged archegonia venter that protects the capsule. This cap is lost at maturity. In flowering plants, the calyptra is a covering tissue for stamens and carpels. The name is also used for the capping tissue of roots.

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calyptra
Jan 01, 1998; calyptra A protective cap- or hood-like covering on the developing capsule in a moss or liverwort . In mosses the calyptra...
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root cap
Jan 01, 2004; root cap ( calyptra ) A cone-shaped structure that covers the root tip and develops as a result of cell division by a meristem at...
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calyptrogen
Jan 01, 2004; calyptrogen The region within the root apical meristem that divides to produce the root cap (calyptra).
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Funariales
Jan 01, 1998; Funariales (subclass Bryidae ) An order of acrocarpous mosses which are usually small. The leaves are ovoid or lance-shaped and...
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