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Catkin

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A catkin or ament is a slim, cylindrical flower cluster (a spike), with inconspicuous or no petals, usually wind-pollinated (anemophilous) but sometimes insect-pollinated (as in Salix). [1]

38 relations: Alder, Ancestor, Anemophily, Betulaceae, Birch, Chestnut, Comptonia (plant), Convergent evolution, Corylus avellana, Dutch language, Fagaceae, Fagales, Flower, Hamamelididae, Hazel, Hickory, Kitten, Latin, Loanword, Molecular phylogenetics, Moraceae, Morus (plant), Oak, Ostrya, Ostrya carpinifolia, Petal, Plant, Plant reproductive morphology, Pollination, Polyphyly, Populus, Raceme, Salicaceae, Shrub, Synapomorphy and apomorphy, Tree, Willow, Wind.

Alder

Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants (Alnus) belonging to the birch family Betulaceae.

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Ancestor

An ancestor is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an antecedent (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent, and so forth).

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Anemophily

Anemophily or wind pollination is a form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind.

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Betulaceae

Betulaceae, the birch family, includes six genera of deciduous nut-bearing trees and shrubs, including the birches, alders, hazels, hornbeams, hazel-hornbeam, and hop-hornbeams numbering a total of 167 species.

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Birch

A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams.

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Chestnut

The chestnut (Castanea) group is a genus of eight or nine species of deciduous trees and shrubs in the beech family Fagaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Comptonia (plant)

Comptonia is a monotypic genus (containing only Comptonia peregrina) in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales.

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Convergent evolution

Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different lineages.

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Corylus avellana

Corylus avellana, the common hazel, is a species of hazel native to Europe and western Asia, from the British Isles south to Iberia, Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, north to central Scandinavia, and east to the central Ural Mountains, the Caucasus, and northwestern Iran.

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Dutch language

The Dutch language is a West Germanic language, spoken by around 23 million people as a first language (including the population of the Netherlands where it is the official language, and about sixty percent of Belgium where it is one of the three official languages) and by another 5 million as a second language.

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Fagaceae

Fagaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes beeches and oaks, and comprises eight genera with about 927 species.

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Fagales

The Fagales are an order of flowering plants, including some of the best-known trees.

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Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms).

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Hamamelididae

Hamamelididae is an obsolete botanical name at the rank of subclass.

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Hazel

The hazel (Corylus) is a genus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere.

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Hickory

Hickory is a type of tree, comprising the genus Carya (κάρυον, káryon, meaning "nut").

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Kitten

A kitten is a juvenile cat.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Loanword

A loanword (also loan word or loan-word) is a word adopted from one language (the donor language) and incorporated into another language without translation.

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Molecular phylogenetics

Molecular phylogenetics is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominately in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships.

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Moraceae

The Moraceae — often called the mulberry family or fig family — are a family of flowering plants comprising about 38 genera and over 1100 species.

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Morus (plant)

Morus, a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae, comprises 10–16 species of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, growing wild and under cultivation in many temperate world regions.

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Oak

An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus (Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae.

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Ostrya

Ostrya is a genus of eight to 10 small deciduous trees belonging to the birch family Betulaceae.

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Ostrya carpinifolia

Ostrya carpinifolia, the European hop-hornbeam, is a tree in the family Betulaceae.

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Petal

Petals are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers.

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Plant

Plants are mainly multicellular, predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae.

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Plant reproductive morphology

Plant reproductive morphology is the study of the physical form and structure (the morphology) of those parts of plants directly or indirectly concerned with sexual reproduction.

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Pollination

Pollination is the transfer of pollen from a male part of a plant to a female part of a plant, enabling later fertilisation and the production of seeds, most often by an animal or by wind.

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Polyphyly

A polyphyletic group is a set of organisms, or other evolving elements, that have been grouped together but do not share an immediate common ancestor.

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Populus

Populus is a genus of 25–35 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Raceme

A raceme is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing pedicellate flowers (flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels) along its axis.

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Salicaceae

The Salicaceae are a family, the willow family, of flowering plants.

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Shrub

A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized woody plant.

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Synapomorphy and apomorphy

In phylogenetics, apomorphy and synapomorphy refer to derived characters of a clade – characters or traits that are derived from ancestral characters over evolutionary history.

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Tree

In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches and leaves in most species.

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Willow

Willows, also called sallows, and osiers, form the genus Salix, around 400 speciesMabberley, D.J. 1997.

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Wind

Wind is the flow of gases on a large scale.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catkin

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