Small cavity or compartment within an organ or part of an organism
A bilocular and a multilocular tomato fruit
A locule (pl.: locules) or loculus (Latin for 'little place'; pl.: loculi) is a small cavity[1] or compartment within an organ or part of an organism (animal, plant, or fungus).
In angiosperms (flowering plants), the term locule usually refers to a chamber within an ovary (gynoecium or carpel) of the flower and fruits. Depending on the number of locules in the ovary, fruits can be classified as unilocular (uni-locular), bilocular, trilocular, or multilocular. The number of locules present in a gynoecium may be equal to or less than the number of carpels. The locules contain the ovules or seeds.
The term may also refer to chambers within anthers containing pollen.[2]
In ascomycetous fungi, locules are chambers within the hymenium in which the perithecia develop.[3]
^"loculus". Oxford Dictionaries. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012.
^Hickey, M.; King, C. (2001). The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms. Cambridge University Press.
^"Fungi Glossary". Palaeos.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
A locule (pl.: locules) or loculus (Latin for 'little place'; pl.: loculi) is a small cavity or compartment within an organ or part of an organism (animal...
microsporangia. Most commonly anthers are two-lobed (each lobe is termed a locule) and are attached to the filament either at the base or in the middle area...
on the floral apex. The chamber in which the ovules develop is called a locule (or sometimes cell). The style (from Ancient Greek στῦλος, stylos, meaning...
inflated. Fruits of sedges are sometimes considered achenes although their one-locule ovary is a compound ovary. The fruit of the family Asteraceae is also so...
superior, penta or multilocular with axile placentation, one ovule in each locule; style 1, passing through the staminal tube; stigma globular, correspond...
Lycium). The number of ovules per locule also varies from a few (two pairs in each locule in Grabowskia, one pair in each locule in Lycium) and very occasionally...
filamentous hyphae into discrete cells in fungi. A partition that separates the locules of a fruit, anther, or sporangium. A coral septum is one of the radial...
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covered by a hard, thick rind with soft flesh inside, and seeds filling each locule. Melons are good examples of this. Also known as citruses, Hesperidiums...
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Smooth Pedicels Short Long Ovum Two regular rows in the locule Four irregular rows in the locule Elbow of the bract Tall (< 0.28) Short (> 0.30) Bend of...
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to twenty one "faces" (Sanskrit: मुख, romanized: mukha, lit. 'face') or locules - naturally ingrained longitudinal lines which divide the stone into segments...
unequal. Style is declinate, stigma is three-lobed. Ovules are approx. 8 per locule. Seeds are compressed-globose, white to pink. The number of chromosomes...
Delalande C, Bouzayen M, Brunel D, Causse M (August 2011). "Increase in tomato locule number is controlled by two single-nucleotide polymorphisms located near...
the number of petals; the tricolporate pollen is contained within two locules of the anthers that open longitudinally along slits. The gynoecium contains...
and the flower has regular symmetry. It has basal placentation, with 1 locule and 5 carpels. It flowers mostly in the summer, but in the right conditions...
two carpels. The ovary is superior with two locules. The placentation is axile. Ovules usually 2 per locule; sometimes 4, rarely many. Nectary disk, when...
organ in angiosperms, either consisting of a single sporophyll or a single locule of a compound ovary, with a style and a stigma. The gynoecium is the collective...
(plural cypselae). Although there are two fused carpels, there is only one locule, and only one seed per fruit is formed. It may sometimes be winged or spiny...
and around 20 stamens. The Ovary contains two to four locules, with one ovule in each locule. The tree produces a high amount of bright, red colored...
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