BI266 : Plants Review #2.docx

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Incomplete flowers are male (staminate) & female (pistillate) flowers: monoecious: male and female flowers are present on the same individual (hermaphroditic, dioecious: male and female flowers develop on different, calyx and corolla individuals. Actinomorphic radial symmetry (many planes of symmetry) The outer parts of the flower (often green and leaf-like) that enclose the flower: these can be free (like the picture above) or fused, corolla the totality of petals in a flower o. Petal: the parts of a flower that are often conspicuously colored: the petals can be free, like the picture above, or fused (similar to the fusing of the sepals) o o o o o o. When the sepals & petals are identical, they are both called tepals: androecium (male part): the totality of stamens in a flower. A stamen is formed from anther, which is supported by a slender filament: anther: the part of the stamen where pollen is produced.

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