A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the Calycanthus, the rose hip, and the pear.
The fused or coalesced basal portion of floral parts (sepals, petals, stamens) around the ovary.
n. (Gr. hypo, under; anthodes, like flowers) an expansion of the receptacle of a flower that forms a saucer-shaped, cup-shaped, or tubular structure (often simulating a calyx tube) bearing the perianth and stamens at or near its rim; it may be free from or united to the ovary.
a cup or tube bearing floral parts above the base, and often above the top, of the ovary of a flower, e.g. in many Myrtales. cf. calyx tube.
A floral cup or tube to which the flower parts are attached. Common in the Family Rosaceae. See Rosaceae introduction.
The hypanthium is found only in dicots and is a fusion of the calyx, corolla, and androecium whorls forming a small cup-shaped structure that surrounds the ovary. Ovaries with a hypanthium are called perigynous ovaries because they have the flower parts (calyx, corolla, and androecium) attached to a hypanthium. The base of the hypanthium is typically attached to the receptacle as is the case with the members of the rose family (Rosaceae) and is therefore said to by hypogynous. The hypanthium can also be epigynous, that is, attached to the top of the ovary, as is the case with the fuschia flower. DIAGRAMS: Hypanthium PHOTOS
Flat, cuplike, or tubular structure on which the sepals, petals, and stamens are borne (Fig. 4.21); usually formed from the fused bases of the perianth parts and stamens or from a modified receptacle; also called a floral cup or floral tube.
A floral part present in some plants that is just below or almost totally encasing the ovulary. The showy flower parts; petals, stamens and sepals emerge from the upper edge of the hypanthium if it is present.
a cup-shaped enlargement of the receptacle on which the calyx, corolla, and often stamens are inserted
the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)
The outer parts of a flower that form a protective tube and attract pollinators to the Stigma.
A fused "cup" or cylinder that occurs in some flowers and is composed of the fusion of the bases of the petals, sepals and stamens.
The cup formed from the receptacle and/or perianth that has fused with the androecium. Not all flowers have a hypanthium. The rose family (Rosaceae) has many species whose flowers have a hypanthium.
an enlarged receptacle; in eucalypts specifically the broadened, invaginated structure at the top of the pedicel partly or wholly enclosing the ovary, i.e the bottom part of the bud or flower.
expansion of the receptacle or fusion of the lower parts of a flower (calyx and corolla); contains seed
an enlarged or developed flower receptacle
A hypanthium is a bowl-shaped part of a flower consisting of the bottoms of the sepals, petals, and stamens stuck together. It is present in all members of the Rosaceae; in the rose it is so deep, with such a narrow top, that it looks like an inferior ovary (the ovary in Rosoideae, which consists of numerous carpels, is in fact superior). In eucalyptus this structure is commonly known as the 'gum nut'.