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Glossary

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Uniseriate

Uniseriate describes the number of rows of areolae in a stria. A uniseriate stria has a single row of areolae. In Latin, uniseriate means one series.

Citations

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Image Credit: Marina Potapova
The striae of Rossitidium petersenii are uniseriate.
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