a racemose inflorescence in the form of a disc of sessile flowers, the youngest at the centre. It occurs in the daisy and related plants
2. anatomy, zoology
a headlike part, esp the enlarged knoblike terminal part of a long bone, antenna, etc
Word origin
C18: from Latin, literally: a little head, from caput head
Examples of 'capitula' in a sentence
capitula
The mass of pollen produced in florets and capitula was found to be species-related.
Wróblewska Anna, Stawiarz Ernest, Masierowska Marzena 2016, 'Evaluation of Selected Ornamental Asteraceae as a Pollen Source for Urban Bees', Journal of Apicultural Sciencehttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jas.2016.60.issue-2/jas-2016-0031/jas-2016-0031.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Most insects emerged from capitula collected at a single locality.
Kellen Fávero, Leandra Bordignon, Kleber Junior, Soraia Diniz 2010, 'Efeito do tempo pós-queimada sobre comunidades de Tephritidae (Diptera) em áreas decerrado na Chapada dos Guimarães – MT', EntomoBrasilishttp://www.periodico.ebras.bio.br/ojs/index.php/ebras/article/view/67. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Many capitula with no damage and individual flowers (up to 50%) did not produce seeds.
Tânia Tarabini Castellani, Fernanda Faraco d'Eça-Neves 2000, 'Population ecology of Paepalanthus polyanthus: predispersal hazards and seed productionEcologia populacional de Paepalanthus polyanthus: riscos de pré-dispersão e produçãode sementes', Acta Botânica Brasílicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062000000300008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All capitula from individual plants were collected and maintained in screened rearing pots.
Kellen Fávero, Leandra Bordignon, Kleber Junior, Soraia Diniz 2010, 'Efeito do tempo pós-queimada sobre comunidades de Tephritidae (Diptera) em áreas decerrado na Chapada dos Guimarães – MT', EntomoBrasilishttp://www.periodico.ebras.bio.br/ojs/index.php/ebras/article/view/67. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The values of fresh and dry matter of capitula decreased with the cultivation time.
H. Scalon Filho, M.C. Vieira, S.P.Q. Scalon, N.A.Z. Heredia 2011, 'Formas de aplicação de cama-de-frango no crescimento e produção de capítulos floraisde Calendula officinalis L. Chicken manure application forms on the growth and productionof Calendula officinalis L. capitula', Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinaishttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-05722011000400002. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Few percent of inflorescence stems displayed branches ending with additional capitula.
Alina Trejgell, Andrzej Tretyn 2012, 'Analysis of flowering ability of regenerated Carlina acaulis subsp. simplex plants',Acta Agrobotanicahttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/aa/article/view/1763. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The addition of organic fertilizer increased the capitula dry matter mass linearly.
Samuel Vasconcelos Valadares, Isabela Cristina Gomes Honório, Cecílio Frois CaldeiraJúnior, Rafael Vasconcelos Valadares, Camila Karen Reis Barbosa, Ernane Ronie Martin,Luiz Arnaldo Fernandes 2010, 'Production of marigolds planted on Bahia grass as a function of organic fertilization',Biotemashttp://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume233/21a24.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Pollinators significantly increased seed set in comparison to non-visited (bagged) capitula.
Pietro K. Maruyama, Carlos E. P. Nunes, Jeferson Vizentin-Bugoni, Simone Gustafsson,Leonor Patricia Cerdeira Morellato 2018, 'Are native bees and Apis mellifera equally efficient pollinators of the rupestriangrassland daisy Aspilia jolyana (Asteraceae)?', Acta Botânica Brasílicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062018000300386&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The capitula were collected directly from the plants and conditioned in plastic bags.
Sandra Mara Sabedot, Flávio Roberto Mello Garcia, Gilson Marcos Bogus, MarcoandréSavaris 2008, 'Primeiro registro de Tomoplagia reimoseri Hendel e Xanthaciura mallochi Aczél (Diptera:Tephritidae) para o Estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil First records of Tomoplagia reimoseriHendel e Xanthaciura mallochi Aczél (Diptera: Tephritidae) for Santa Catarina state,Brazil', Ciência Ruralhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782008000600043. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)