Flower cup

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Schematic representation of a flower with perigyner perianth (= "medium-sized" ovary):
1 cup shaped flowers ground (receptaculum) of the flower cups or Hypanthium forms
the second sepals (sepals)
3 petals (petals)
4. stamens (stamens)
5. Stamp ( Pestle)

The flower cup or hypanthium , also called the flower tube , is a cup-, bell- or tubular structure (axis piece) at the base of the flower , which is formed by the flower base . Usually at the base, but rarely on the side and at the top (mouth) of the flower cup as well as under it, sits the ovary . The remaining parts of the flower start at the top of the flower cup.

The term was first used by Heinrich Friedrich Link in 1824 . The term hypanthium means "under the flower". This can be explained by the fact that in the past the petals were thought to be the actual flower.

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literature

  • Gerhard Wagenitz : Dictionary of botany. The terms in their historical context. 2nd, expanded edition. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-8274-1398-2 , p. 153.