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Monadelphous vs Adelphy - What's the difference?

monadelphous | adelphy | Derived terms |

Monadelphous is a derived term of adelphy.


In botany|lang=en terms the difference between monadelphous and adelphy

is that monadelphous is (botany) having all its stamens within a flower fused together at least partly by the filaments while adelphy is (botany) fusion of stamen filaments.

As an adjective monadelphous

is (botany) having all its stamens within a flower fused together at least partly by the filaments.

As a noun adelphy is

(botany) fusion of stamen filaments.

monadelphous

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (botany) Having all its stamens within a flower fused together at least partly by the filaments.
  • * 1988 , Michael Hickey & Clive King, 100 families of flowering plants , Cambridge University Press, 2007 digital reprint, p. 326:
  • *:The stamens are monadelphous and are united for more than half their length into an open tube adnate to the petals

    • Usage notes

    * Said of either a flower or of a plant bearing such flowers.

    adelphy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (botany) Fusion of stamen filaments.

    • Usage notes

    * Above five groups of fused stamens, (term) is preceded with the numeral.

    Derived terms

    * monadelphy, monadelphous * diadelphy, diadelphous * triadelphy, triadelphous * tetradelphy, tetradelphous * pentadelphy, pentadelphous * polyadelphy, polyadelphous