enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Stamen - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamen

    Stamen is the Latin word meaning "thread" (originally thread of the warp, in weaving). [8]Filament derives from classical Latin filum, meaning "thread" [8]; Anther derives from French anthère, [9] from classical Latin anthera, meaning "medicine extracted from the flower" [10] [11] in turn from Ancient Greek ἀνθηρά (anthērá), [9] [11] feminine of ἀνθηρός (anthērós) meaning ...

  3. Floral morphology - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floral_morphology

    Diagram of an anther in cross section. 1: Filament; 2: Theca; 3: Connective (the conducting vessels in red); 4: Pollen sac (also called sporangium) The androecium is one of the fertile cycles of flowers. The parts that make up the androecium are called stamens whose function is the generation of male gametophytes or pollen grains.

  4. Symphyotrichum - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphyotrichum

    [2] The male stamen is inside the tube-shaped corolla of the disk floret. It has five anthers, five filaments, and produces pollen. The anthers and filaments are readily visible as separate entities in non-Asteraceae species. Here, they are fused together to form a cylinder, or tube, with their pollen on the inside only.

  5. Symphyotrichum lateriflorum - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphyotrichum_lateriflorum

    The male stamen is inside the tube-shaped corolla of the disk floret. It has five anthers, five filaments, and produces pollen. The anthers and filaments are readily visible as separate entities in non-Asteraceae species. Here, they are fused together to form a cylinder, or tube, with their pollen on the inside only.

  6. Theca - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theca

    Most anthers are formed on the apex of a filament. An anther and its filament together form a typical (or filantherous) stamen, part of the male floral organ. The typical anther is bilocular, i.e. it consists of two thecae. Each theca contains two microsporangia, also known as pollen sacs.

  7. Boomers are sad they may never be grandparents as fewer ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/finance/boomers-sad-may-never...

    The birth rate in America has long been on a decline, with the fertility rate reaching historic lows in 2023. More women between ages 25 to 44 aren’t having children, for a number of reasons.

  8. Marble Sculpture Bought for $6 and Used as Doorstop Could ...

    www.aol.com/marble-sculpture-bought-6-used...

    A marble sculpture bought for $6 and used as a doorstep could be about to make a fortune. The bust, made by French sculptor Edmé Bouchardon, could make over $3 million at auction after a local ...

  9. Dilatris - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilatris

    The stamens consist of an awl- to thread-shaped filament and an anther. The filament closest to the branch tip is shorter and upright and carries a large yellow anther. The longer two filaments, facing away from the tip of the branch, are somewhat spreading and carry smaller reddish anthers.