Title: External reproductive structures: review
1External reproductive structures review
- First, non-flowering plants
2Moss sporangia
3Horsetail (Equisetum) sporangia
4Fern sori (clusters of sporangia)
5Knobcone pine cones (serotinous)
6Burned cone
7Juniper berry (cone)
8Cypress (Cupressus) cone
9Flowers and inflorescences, emphasizing
representatives from prominent California plant
families
10Collective terms for flower parts
Note this is a perfect flower, i.e., with both
male and female parts
11Petals
Stigma
Anther
Filament
Style
Sepal
Ovary
Longitudinal section through Petunia flower
12Simple inflorescence (single flower) Matilija
poppy (Rhomneya coulteri)
13Largest simple (single) flowerRafflesia
14Branched inflorescence in the Poaceae (slender
wild oats, Avena fatua)
15Disc flowers
Ray flowers
Head inflorescence in the Asteraceae (Encelia
farinosa)
16Stamens (leaflike, many)
Tepals (free, dull-colored)
Primitive flower in the Lauraceae (Umbellularia
californica)
17Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical) flower in
the Brassicaceae with 4-petals in shape of
cross (Brassica rapa)
18Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical) flower in
the Orchidaceae (Habenaria sp.)
19Banner
Wing
Keel
Inflorescence in the Fabaceae--individual flowers
with banner, wing, and keel petals (Lupinus
succulentus)
20Headlike-inflorescence in the Lamiaceae with
zygomorphic flowers, exserted stamens (Salvia
leucophylla)
21Monocotyledon flower 6 (2 X 3) tepals, 6
stamens (Hesperoyucca whipplei)