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Apulvinusis also sometimes called a geniculum.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is followed by an efflux of water, resulting in a sudden change of turgor pressure in the cells of thepulvinus.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The specific name refers to the presence of a strongly developedpulvinus.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The motion is performed by motor cells in a flexible segment just below the flower, called apulvinus.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Leaves green, sessile or shortly but distinctly petiolate, petiole withpulvinus, lower side, lower side of leaves mostly lanuginose.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The leaf stems measure between 1 and 3 mm long, swollen at the base; often reduced to apulvinus.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The lowerpulvinuscells temporarily shrink due to water loss.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A petiole is nearly always present, often with apulvinusat its base.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Towards the base the leaves narrow abruptly to a petiole set on a forward-angled,pulvinus.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On receiving the action potential signal, the cells in the lower half of thepulvinusrespond by expelling potassium and chlorine ions and taking up of calcium ions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A seat for these was called a "pulvinar", from "pulvinus" (cushion), and many temples held these; at the banquets statues of the deity were placed on them.
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