I know of no other genera with such intramarginal formation of true gemmae.
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Gemma
//ˈd͡ʒɛmə//
Synonyms for "gemma" (4 found)
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15 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- пъпка noun (asexual reproductive structure)
Catalan
1 entries- Gemma name (feminine given name)
Dutch
1 entries- Alphekka name (Alpha (α) Coronae Borealis)
Galician
2 entries- Xema name (feminine given name)
- xema noun (asexual reproductive structure)
Georgian
2 entries- კვირტი noun (asexual reproductive structure)
- კოკორი noun (asexual reproductive structure)
German
1 entries- Gemma name (Alpha (α) Coronae Borealis)
Hungarian
1 entries- sarjadzik noun (asexual reproductive structure)
Italian
1 entries- Gemma name (feminine given name)
Polish
3 entries- Gemma name (feminine given name)
- Gemma name (Alpha (α) Coronae Borealis)
- rozmnóżka noun (asexual reproductive structure)
Russian
1 entries- Дже́мма name (feminine given name)
Spanish
1 entries- Gemma name (feminine given name)
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Gemmae are frequently longer than wide or of irregular shape. According to Degenkolbe, gemmae-bearing leaves are always different in form from normal leaves.
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In Marchantia polymorpha, high temperature promotes germination of gemmae (Dacknowski, 1907), and heat absorbed by the gemmae accelerates their germination (Fitting, 1942).
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Gemma. A curious name. He didn't think he had ever come across it before. She would have an outlandish name, either because her equally eccentric parents had labelled her with it or—more likely—she had adopted it herself on the grounds of originality.
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