What's the difference between diadelphous and monodelphous?

Diadelphous


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the class Diadelphia; having the stamens united into two bodies by their filaments (said of a plant or flower); grouped into two bundles or sets by coalescence of the filaments (said of stamens).

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Monodelphous


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the Monodelphia.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This family displays two significant groups of taxonomic characters, including archaic characters such as cephalic structures which unite them to the Amidostomatidae, and on the other hand some more recently elaborated characters such as monodelphism and shape of synlophe and spicules which relate them to the Heligmosoms and more significantly to the line Viannaia-Viannella parasite of South-American Marsupials.

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