A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Cypsela (Eng.noun): a dry, single-seeded, indehiscent fruit with an adnate calyx, as in some achenes in the Compositae (Asteraceae), e.g. Calendula, Senecio; “the dry one-celled one-seeded inferior fruit of Composites” (Lindley); “an achene invested by an adnate calyx, as the fruit of Compositae” (Jackson); “an achene invested by an adnate calyx as in the fruit of most Compositae” (Fernald 1950): cypsela,-ae (s.f.I), abl. sg. cypsela, nom. pl. cypselae, acc. pl. cypselas, dat. & abl.pl. cypselis [> Gk. cypselE (s.f.I), “any hollow vessel; chest, box; hollow of the ear (hence ‘ear-wax’ (from Liddell & Scott); see achene;

NOTE: Achene, "Introduced in 1790 by Necker as achena (s.f.I) and used by him for indehiscent one-seeded coriaceous fruits in Ranunculaceae, Cyperaceae, etc. but not for the cypselae (formed from inferior ovary) of Compositae. Also spelled achaenium (s.n.II) and achaena (s.f.I)" (Stearn 1984).

- cypselis maturis drupaceis, with the mature cypselae like a drupe.

- Grindeliae coronensi cypselis complanatis affinis, related to Grindelia coronensis by the complanate cypselae.

Coccocypselum, Swartz. From kokkos, fruit, and kypsele, a vase; alluding to the shape of the berries. (Paxton).