An achene (/ ə ˈ k iː n /; [1] from Ancient Greek ἀ (a) 'privative' and χαίνειν (khaínein) 'to gape'), [2] also sometimes called akene and occasionally achenium or achenocarp, is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants.

2024年5月16日 · Many people may think they have eaten strawberry seeds, munched on sunflower seeds in the shell or spread dandelion seeds with a puff of air. Botanically speaking, however, all of those plants bear a dry fruit known as an achene, which is …

Achene, dry, one-seeded fruit lacking special seams that split to release the seed. The seed coat is attached to the thin, dry ovary wall (husk) by a short stalk, so that the seed is easily freed from the husk, as in buckwheat.

2024年1月30日 · Achene is a type of dry fruit that does not split open (indehiscent) and contains a single seed (Figure \(\PageIndex{6}\)). The small brown dots on top of strawberries are examples of achene fruits.

Achene or the achene fruit is a dry and one-seeded fruit lacking special seams, which split to release the seed. As in buckwheat, the seed coat is attached to the thin and dry ovary wall (or husk) by a short stalk, allowing the seed to be easily removed from the husk.

Asteraceae - Achenes, Cypselae, Pappi: The members of Asteraceae produce a type of fruit called an achene. The seeds of many Asteraceae species are distributed in a variety of ways, often aided by modifications of the floral pappus.

An achene is a one-seeded, dry, indehiscent fruit with seed attached to the pericarp at one point only, such as the unit fruits of sunflowers. You might find these chapters and articles relevant to this topic. Martina Cerri, Lara Reale, in Scientia Horticulturae, 2020.

2018年5月18日 · achene (əkēn´), dry, simple, one-seeded fruit with the seed attached to the inner wall at only one point. Achenes are indehiscent, i.e., they do not split open at maturity. The so-called seed of a sunflower is an achene; the shell is the …

achene: a one-seeded, indehiscent, dry fruit... When you hear the word achene, you may think of the seeds of sunflowers...but fruits of Asteraceae are cypselae..

An achene is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. Achenes are monocarpellate (formed from one carpel ) and indehiscent (they do not open at maturity). Achenes contain a single seed.