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20-Adnate

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Adnate parts are parts of different origin fused together, for example in this primrose (Primula), the stamens are adnate to the corolla. Note also here that connation can affect several whorls: here sepals, petals, and carpels are connate.

Free parts are unlike parts that are not joined together. (see for example photos 07, 08, 09, 12).


Photo by K. R. Robertson and D. L. Nickrent of plants cultivated at the University of Illinois.

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