BIOL-1507EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Placentation, Flowering Plant, Microspore
14 Apr 2017
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Reproduction and the life cycle of the flowering plant ( The flower: flowers occur in clusters or in aggregation on the plant, it is known as inflorescence the portion of the flower attached to the flower stalk (pedicel) in termed receptacle. Complete flower: contains sepals, petals, stamens and carpels. Incomplete flower: flower missing any of the four parts. Perfect flower: flower contains both the male and female gametes. Imperfect flower: flower only with stamen (staminate flower) or only with carpels (carpellate flower) Monoecious plant: if the staminate flower and the carpellate flower occur on the same individual plant. Dioecious plant: if the staminate flower and the carpellate flower are on separate individual plants. Actinomorphic flower: the flower in which its parts can be divided into equal parts form the axis (regular flower) Zygomorphic flower: the flower can not be divided into equal parts only from one point at the axis (irregular flower)
