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What does epicalyx mean?

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  1. (botany) A group of bracts resembling a calyx
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An epicalyx, the outer series of what appears to be a double calyx, is common and is formed from the bracts or floral leaves of a reduced inflorescence.
On top of this, the bracts of hollyhock mallow's epicalyx are broader and ovate, whereas musk mallow's are narrowly elliptic.
With tree lavatera, the bracts of the epicalyx have grown together from the base, whereas the bracts of the mallows are completely separated.
In some Rosaceous plants an epicalyx is present, due to the formation of stipulary structures by the sepals.
Epicalyx 3-lobed, lobes united at the base.

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