BIOL 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Gynoecium, Eudicots, Monocotyledon
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Introduction: carpels: female parts of the flower, stigma, style, ovary. Is the flower radially symmetric (actinomorphic) or bilaterally symmetric (zygomorphic): 4 flower whorls, sepals, petals, stamen, carpel. Incomplete missing a whorl: complete has all 4 whorls. Perfect flower: perfect hermaphrodite; male + female parts. If male and female flowers are on separate plants, the plant is either male or female. If both male and female are present on the same plant. If sepals + petals are attached to receptacle, below the ovary. If sepals + petals are attached above the ovary. If sepals + petals are attached in intermediate position at the top of the hypanthium or floral cup. Exercise #2: internal parts of the ovary and anthers. Inflorescence: a group or cluster of flowers on a common stalk called a peduncle. Some types of inflorescence: spike, raceme, corymb, panicle, head, umbel, solitary, cyme.