Anatomy Of The Flower

The biological function of a flower is to affect reproduction usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs. This film introduces the anatomy of the flower including the receptacle sepals nectaries carpel stigma style ovary stamen and petals.

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In some plants such as poppy magnolia tulip and petunia each flower is relatively large and showy and is produced singly while in other plants such as aster snapdragon calla lily and lilac the individual flowers may be very small and are borne in a distinctive cluster known as an inflorescence.

Anatomy of the flower. Anatomy of a flower. Suitable for teaching 5 to 11s. The parts of a flower.

The ovule producing part of a flower. Stigma one of the female parts of the flower. Anther the head of the stamen.

The ovary often supports a long style topped by a stigma. A flower sometimes known as a bloom or blossom is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants. Parts of the flower include petals sepals one or more carpels the female reproductive organs and stamens the male reproductive organs.

The mature ovary is a fruit and the mature ovule is a seed. Flower anatomy the flower. Flowers contain sporangia and are the site where gametophytes develop.

The anther is responsible for the production of pollen which will hopefully be transported to the pistil by animals or insects such as bees. Style another female part of the flower. The ovary often supports a long style topped by a stigma.

Find out about the different parts of a flower and what each one does through a mix of scientific enquiry and comedy. The female reproductive organs. The flower is the reproductive unit of some plants angiosperms.

The flowers grow towards the top of the plants and theyre commonly referred to as buds pistils. It is the sticky bulb that you see in the center of the flowers it is the part of the pistil of a flower which receives the pollen grains and on which they germinate. Some flowers produce diaspores without fertilization.

The pistil is the collective term for the carpels. Anatomy of a flower stigma catches pollen carpel pistil female part of a flower stamen male part of a flower anther produces pollen grains filament holds up the anther petal attracts insects and mammals to the flower for pollination style connects the stigma to the ovary ovary stores the ovule or ovules ovule contains the embryo sac receptacle the thickened. Filament this is the stalk that holds the anther and attaches it to the flower.

This is the long stalk that the stigma sits on top of. The pollen catching hairs that emerge from the flower which initially appear white or translucent. This is a crucial part of the reproduction of the plant.

Flowers may facilitate outcrossing or allow selfing. Many flowers have evolved to be attractive to animals so as to cause them to be vecto. By describing the functions of each organ in a simple.

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