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Monodelphous vs Monadelphous - What's the difference?

monodelphous | monadelphous |

In botany terms the difference between monodelphous and monadelphous

is that monodelphous is describing stamens that have filaments united into a single tubelike group while monadelphous is having all its stamens within a flower fused together at least partly by the filaments.

monodelphous

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (botany) Describing stamens that have filaments united into a single tubelike group
  • (zoology) Of or relating to the Monodelphia.

    • Related terms

    * didelphous

    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.