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Pages in category "Lists of flowers" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Agricultureis almost entirely dependent on angiosperms, and a small number of flowering plant families supply nearly all plant-based foodand livestockfeed. Rice, maize, and wheatprovide half of the world's calorieintake, and all three plants are cereals from the Poaceaefamily (colloquially known as grasses). Other families provide materials such as wood, paperand cotton, and supply numerous ...
A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). Flowers consist of a combination of vegetative organs – sepals that enclose and protect the developing flower. These petals attract pollinators, and reproductive organs that produce gametophytes, which in ...
Orchid flowers have three sepals, three petals and a three-chambered ovary. The three sepals and two of the petals are often similar to each other but one petal is usually highly modified, forming a "lip" or labellum.
List of the largest genera of flowering plants. in the Ranunculus auricomus help to swell the number of species in the genus Ranunculus. There are over 56 genera of flowering plants estimated to contain at least 500 described species. The largest of these is currently the legume genus Astragalus (milk-vetches), with over 3,000 species.
Pollination is the transfer of pollen from an anther of a plant to the stigma of a plant, later enabling fertilisation and the production of seeds. [1] Pollinating agents can be animals such as insects, for example beetles or butterflies; birds, and bats; water; wind; and even plants themselves.
Crocus (/ ˈkroʊkəs /; plural: crocuses or croci) is a genus of seasonal flowering plants in the family Iridaceae (iris family) comprising about 100 species of perennials growing from corms. They are low growing plants, whose flower stems remain underground, that bear relatively large white, yellow, orange or purple flowers and then become dormant after flowering. Many are cultivated for ...
Pollination syndrome. Pollination syndromes are suites of flower traits that have evolved in response to natural selection imposed by different pollen vectors, which can be abiotic (wind and water) or biotic, such as birds, bees, flies, and so forth through a process called pollinator-mediated selection. [1][page needed][2][page needed] These ...