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2. Sexual selection in flowering plants - Wikipedia

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   Inflorescences can be acted on by sexual selection in many ways, and commonly include arrangement, number, and size. For example, male inflorescence in plants often produce more flowers than females . Furthermore, pollen export and ultimately paternity, often increases with flower number, even for plants with hermaphroditic flowers.

3. Plant reproductive morphology - Wikipedia

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   Plant reproductive morphology is the study of the physical form and structure (the morphology) of those parts of plants directly or indirectly concerned with sexual reproduction . Among all living organisms, flowers, which are the reproductive structures of angiosperms, are the most varied physically and show a correspondingly great diversity ...

4. Floral morphology - Wikipedia

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   Diagram of flower parts. In botany, floral morphology is the study of the diversity of forms and structures presented by the flower, which, by definition, is a branch of limited growth that bears the modified leaves responsible for reproduction and protection of the gametes, called floral pieces. [note 1] Fertile leaves or sporophylls carry ...

5. Leucadendron salignum - Wikipedia

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   The rudimentary style in the male flower is about 3 mm (0.12 in) long, thread-shaped, hairless with an egg-shaped stigma of 1 ⁄ 2 mm (0.020 in) long. At the base of the style are four line-shaped scales of 1 ⁄ 2 mm (0.020 in) long. The young female flower head is oblong to cylinder-shaped and about 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 cm (0.49 in) long. The ...

6. Petal - Wikipedia

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   Petal. Diagram showing the parts of a mature flower. In this example, the perianth is separated into a calyx (sepals) and corolla (petals) Petals are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often brightly colored or unusually shaped to attract pollinators.

7. Floral diagram - Wikipedia

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   A floral diagram is a schematic cross-section through a young flower. [ 1] It may be also defined as “projection of the flower perpendicular to its axis”. [ 3] It usually shows the number of floral parts, [ Note 2] their sizes, relative positions and fusion. Different organs are represented by distinguishable symbols, which may be uniform ...