flower_anther_attachment

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• Label: Anther attachment
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0012413
• Type: categorical
• Definition: An androecium morphology trait [TO:0000994] which indicates how the filament [PO:0009067] is attached to [PATO:0001667] the tissue [CARO:0000043] connecting the two thecae [PO:0009069] (pollen [PO:0025281] sacs) of the anthers [PO:0009066], affecting the spatial pattern [PATO:0000060] of the stamens [PO:0009029].;Anther attachment refers to the area of insertion of the filament on the anther connective (i.e. the tissue connecting the two thecae of an anther).
• Additional comments: Definition and trait values derived from Schoenenberger et al. (2020) for their character '312. Anther attachment (D1)'
• Allowed values:

  value	description
  basifixed	Filament attached to the base of the connective. Laminar stamens are classified as basifixed.
  dorsifixed	Filament attached to the dorsal side of the anther.
  dorsifixed_at_base	Filament attached to the dorsal side of the anther, at the base.
  ventrifixed	Filament attached to the ventral side of the anther.

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0012413) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 761 records. This includes:

• data for 698 species.
• data for 175 families.
• data from 2 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)