What's the difference between dayflower and spiderwort?

Dayflower


Definition:

  • (n.) A genus consisting mostly of tropical perennial herbs (Commelina), having ephemeral flowers.

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Spiderwort


Definition:

  • (n.) An American endogenous plant (Tradescantia Virginica), with long linear leaves and ephemeral blue flowers. The name is sometimes extended to other species of the same genus.

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  • (1) Cells from immature stamen hairs of the spiderwort plant Tradescantia virginiana cv.
  • (2) The normally predictable duration of metaphase in stamen hair cells from the spiderwort, Tradescantia virginiana, is shortened significantly by treatment during prometaphase with either ruthenium red or Bay K-8644.
  • (3) Stamen hair cells from the spiderwort plant, Tradescantia virginiana, exhibit remarkably predictable metaphase transit times, making them uniquely suitable for temporal studies on mitotic regulation.
  • (4) We have treated stamen hair cells of the spiderwort plant, Tradescantia virginiana, with a solution of quin2 (50 microM) or its acetoxymethyl ester, quin2-AM (50 microM) and have retarded the normally predictable rate of progression through metaphase.

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