Pericarpell
A cup-shaped covering of the ovary is called a pericarpel , which consists of shoot tissue that has grown together with the ovary. It is typical of the cactus family and its shape, hairiness or scaling are used in the system as characteristics for differentiating the genera and species .
literature
- Walther Haage : Kakteen von A bis Z. 3rd edition, Quelle & Meyer Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3-494-01142-7 , p. 590.