FLOWERS

• Stamen


  Male Reproductive Part of the Flower
• Carpel or Pistil


  Female Reproductive Part of the Flower
• Filament and Anther


  Part of the Stamen
• Stigma, Style and Ovary


  Part of the Carpel/Pistil
• Corolla


  All the petals combined
• Calyx


  All the sepals combined
• Pollen Grain


  male gametophyte in seed plants
• Ovule


  female reproductive structure of a seed plant
• Perianth


  Corolla and Calyx
• Peduncle


  The flower stalk
• Floral Whorls


  Parts found around the flower.
• Andoecium


  All the male flower reproductive organs. (or or more Stamens).
• Gynoecium


  All the female flower reproductive organs.
• 1. Uniseriate pentamerous

  2. Biseriate tetramerous

  3. Biseriate dichlamydeous

  4. Trimerous homochlamydeous


  4 sets of Perianth cycly and perianth merosity
• Perianth cycly


  Number of whorls in perianth
• Perianth merosity


  Number of parts per whorl
• Apocarpous fusion


  Carpels are separated from each other; i.e 3 carpels, 1 locule per carpel.
• Syncarpous fusion


  Carpels are fused together; i.e 3 carpels, 1 locule.
• 1. Filamentous stamen

  2. Laminar stamen

  3. Staminodia stamen


  Stamen types or parts
• Filamentous stamen


  Stamen's filament is a filament.
• Laminar stamen


  Stamen's filament is a lamina body.
• Staminodia


  The stamen has a anthernode.
• 1. Didynamous

  2. Tetradynamous

  3. Didymous


  3 types of stamen arrangement.
• Didynamous


  1 tall pair and 1 short pair of filaments.
• Tetradynamous


  2 tall pairs and 1 short pair of filaments.
• Didymous


  2 tall pairs of filaments.
• 1. Inserted

  2. Exserted


  2 types of stamen insertion.
• Inserted


  The stamen is hidden inside the flower.
• Exserted


  Stamen is protruding outside the flower.
• 1. Apostemonous

  2. Epipetalous


  2 types of Androecial/Stamen fusion
• Apostemonous


  All the filaments fuse together at a single point.
• Epipetalous


  The stamens fuse with the petal.
• Fused Filaments


  All the filaments fuse together at a single point.
• Syngenesious


  Anthers are fused, but the filaments are separate.
• Diadelphous


  Fused filaments, but the anthers are separate. 9 fused filaments, and 1 separate filaments.
• Monadelphous


  Filaments are fused, but the anthers are separate.
• Connation


  Fusion of the floral parts from the same whorl.
• 1. Extrose

  2. Introse

  3. Latrose


  3 types of anther dehiscence direction
• Extrose


  Anthers facing petals
• Introse


  Anthers facing stigma