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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 ...
Valvular – anthers opening through valves or small flaps; e.g. Berberis. Versatile – anthers pivoting freely on the filament. Pollen – Stamen – Anther – the distal end of the stamen where pollen is produced, normally composed of two parts called anther-sacs and pollen-sacs . Filament – the stalk of a stamen.
The theca of the anthers are arranged in the portion of the gynostema called the clinandrium or androcline. The pollen is granular, in tetrads or agglutinated in two to eight soft or hard masses called pollinias. These pollinia present a filiform appendage—called caudicula—which is united with a sticky mass—retinaculum or viscidium—on ...
(of a compound leaf) Having precisely two leaflet s, usually in a symmetrical pair, e.g. a leaf of Colophospermum mopane. Compare jugate lobed leaf, e.g. most species of Bauhinia. bifusiform Fusiform with a pinch in the middle. bilabiate Having two lips, e.g. the form of the petal s in many irregular flowers. bilateral 1.
The filaments and anthers are about the same length. [5] [9] If the flower is successfully pollinated, a single fruit develops. Initially the fruit is white (or pink), ripening to a dark red by late summer. When ripe, the fruit is a plump six-lobed berry up to 3 cm (1.2 in) in diameter. [4]
The perianth is reduced to two scales, called lodicules, [1]: 11 that expand and contract to spread the lemma and palea; these are generally interpreted to be modified sepals. The flowers are usually hermaphroditic — maize being an important exception — and mainly anemophilous or wind-pollinated, although insects occasionally play a role.
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.
The six stamens are inserted at the base of the perianth, and are very short (shorter than the inner perianth segments), the anthers basifixed (attached at their bases) with filaments much shorter than the anthers; they dehisce (open) by terminal pores or short slits. [7] Gynoecium, fruit and seeds. The inferior ovary is three-celled.