Descriptor : Shape of carcass external plates (IW)

Descriptor type : categorical

External plates: Plate covering incompletely one or several perforations of a wall.

Carcass: Part of wall on intervallum side.

IW: Inner wall.


Planar

Arcuate

Waved

S-shaped

S-shaped: Resembles S in longitudinal section.

V-shaped

V-shaped: Resembles V in longitudinal section.

Inverted-V shaped

Inverted V-shaped: Resembles A in longitudinal section.

Fused

Fused: Adjacent bracts or scales of the same horizontal file are incompletely amalgamated to form a single structure covering two or more perforations of a wall.

Cone in cone

Denticulate

Denticulate: With indented rims.

isn't included in the term


Hierarchy

Carcass external plates: inner carcass wall (IW)
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