Category: Science
Created by: absit.nomen
Number of Blossarys: 5
English (EN)
Anther (from Ancient Greek anthera, feminine of antheros "flowery," from anthos "flower"), contains microsporangia. Anthers are most commonly two-lobed and are attached to the filament either at the ...
Stamens consist of two parts: a stalk called a filament, topped by an anther where pollen is produced by meiosis and eventually dispersed. The "male" part of the flower.
Stigma is usually found at the tip of the style, the portion of the carpel that receives pollen (male gametophytes). It is commonly sticky or feathery to capture pollen.
The style in a flower is a pillar-like stalk through which pollen tubes grow to reach the ovary. Styles are always tube-like — either long or short. The style can be open (containing few or no cells ...
Ovary is the structure at the bottom of the carpel which produces ovules internally (the "female" part of the flower). It is a part of the female reproductive organ of the flower or gynoecium. ...
A carpel is the ovule and seed producing reproductive organ in flowering plants. It consists of an ovary, a style and a stigma.
Petal is the next whorl toward the apex, composed of units called petals, which are typically thin, soft and colored to attract animals that help the process of pollination.
