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perigynous

(of flowers) having a flat or concave structure on which the sepals, petals and stamens are borne.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

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Sahnianthus is a pedicellate, bisexual, tubular, perigynous, six to eight valvate-lobed flower ca.

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