Receptacle: The part of a flower stalk where the parts of the flower are attached.
Sepal: The outer parts of the flower (often green and leaf-like) that enclose a developing bud.
Petal: The parts of a flower that are often conspicuously colored.
Stamen: The pollen producing part of a flower, usually with a slender filament supporting the
anther.
Anther: The part of the stamen where pollen is produced.
Pistil: The ovule producing part of a flower. The ovary often supports a long style, topped by a
stigma. The mature ovary is a fruit, and the mature ovule is a seed.
Stigma: The part of the pistil where pollen germinates.
Ovary: The enlarged basal portion of the pistil where ovules are produced.
Flowers
Petals =Leaf-like colorful structures that surround flower attracts pollinators to
fertilize ovary.
1.1 SEEDS
Plant reproduction has double fertilization. One sperm fertilizes and egg to
form a zygote (seed). One sperm fertilizes a special cell producing
endosperm = food storage tissue that supports development of the seed.
Some plants use insects to transfer pollen from one flower to another
(pollination). Pollen grains from the anthers must get onto the stigma or
usually another flower. When the pollen lands on the stigma of a flower of
the same kind it will travel down the style, into the ovary and fertilize the
ovule inside. This will then grow to form another seed.
In angiospems, the fruits contain the seeds. They are produced from the
ovary of the flower. Fruits may be obvious and fleshy (apple, tomatoes,
squash) or fairly inconspicuous (peanuts, walnuts)
Seeds
Dispersal of the seed is important. It needs to move away from the parent to
limit competition for sunlight, soil and water.
How?