Fruits
28-Schizocarps, Zizia
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Schizocarps are fruits produced from a syncarpous gynoecium that split apart into maturity into mericarps. This splitting is not the same as dehiscing-a dehiscent fruit splits open to release the seeds. In a schizocarp, the mericarps that split away contain one seed surrounded by tissue derived from the ovary wall. These are the fruits of a member of the umbel family (Apiaceae): Zizia aurea, Golden Alexanders. |