www.mobot.org Research Home | Search | Contact | Site Map  
 
Research
W³TROPICOS
QUICK SEARCH

MO PROJECTS:
Africa
Asia/Pacific
Mesoamerica
North America
South America
General Taxonomy
Photo Essays
Training in Latin
  America

MO RESEARCH:
Wm. L. Brown Center
Bryology
GIS
Graduate Studies
Research Experiences
  for Undergraduates

Imaging Lab
Library
MBG Press
Publications
Climate Change
Catalog Fossil Plants
MO DATABASES:
W³MOST
Image Index
Rare Books
Angiosperm
  Phylogeny

Res Botanica
All Databases
INFORMATION:
What's New?
People at MO
Visitor's Guide
Herbarium
Jobs & Fellowships
Symposium
Research Links
Site Map
Search

Projects
 
Introduction


Browse by Keyword


Search


Abbreviations


Bibliography


Resources


A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

 
terminal, end; at the end or apex, as opposed to lateral, q.v., final, last, concluding; “proceeding from the end” (Lindley): terminalis,-e (adj.B), apicalis,-e (adj.B), q.v.; extremus,-a,-um (adj.A) 'outermost, extreme, last, farthest; of degree or quality;' cf. postremus,-a,-um (adj.A) 'the last, final;' ultimus,-a,-um (adj.A), ‘ultimate, farthest, most distant, last;’ the final section or division of a structure, see ultimate; see ultimus,-a,-um (adj.A); see apical;

- gemmae terminales, terminal buds, the growing end of a branch or stem.

- cellula,-ae (s.f.I) terminalis, cap-cell.

- ramulis terminalibus, with end branchlets.

- cellulae terminales rotundatae, terminal cells rounded.

- cellulis ultimis filamentorum parietibus crassis vel tenuibus, with end cells of the filaments with thick or thin walls.

- styli basi 0, faciei interiori carpellorum affixi nec vere terminales (B&H), styles at the base none, attached to the inner face of the carpels, not truly terminal.

- lapis,-idis (s.m.III) terminalis (adj.B), boundary stone.

- flores axillares terminalesve, solitarii v. paniculati (B&H), flowers axillary or terminal, solitary or paniculate.

peripherico-terminalis,-e (adj.B): “belonging to the circumference and apex of a body; a term applied to stems which grow both at the sides, augmenting their diameter, and at the end, increasing their length” (Lindley).

subterminalis,-e (adj.B), subapicalis,-e (adj.B): ending just before the apex.

(in bryophytes) terminal branch, “a branch formed at the stem apex (opp. calary); the branch is often associated with a modified (half) leaf or underleaf and has no collar at its base” (Magill 1990). Check ‘calary

Ramificatio intercalaris (adj.B), “in Hepaticae where branching arises below the apical cell” (Jackson).

Ramificatio terminalis (adj.B), “the branching arising from a division of the apical cell (Leitgeb)” (Jackson).

 

A work in progress, presently with preliminary A through R, and S, and with S (in part) through Z essentially completed.
Copyright © P. M. Eckel 2010-2023

 
 
 
© 1995-2024 Missouri Botanical Garden, All Rights Reserved
4344 Shaw Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 577-5100

E-mail
Technical Support