1. Flowers
• Reproductive structures of angiosperms
• Sepals are the outermost layer which
encloses a bud and protects the
developing flower
• Petals are just inside sepals, fragrance
and color attracts pollinators
• The receptacle is where sepals,
petals, and sex organs attach
2. Flowers (cont.)
• Stamen - male sex organ
– Anthers produce pollen
– Filaments hold the anther up for
pollinators or wind
• Pistil (aka carpel) – female sex organ
– The stigma is the sticky end where
pollen lands
– The style is the “neck” which connects
the stigma to the ovary
– The ovary contains ovules, when
mature the ovary becomes a fruit (ovules
become seeds)
4. Pollination
• Pollen transfers from anther to stigma
– Self-pollination – pollen fertilizes ovule
of the same plant
– Cross-pollination – pollen fertilizes
ovules of another plant
• thus increasing genetic variation
5. Cross Pollination Methods
• Wind Pollination
– Inefficient, high pollen production
– Flowers (if present) are small and not
colorful
14. Double Fertilization
• 2 sperm enter the ovary
• 1st sperm fertilizes the egg;
results in a zygote (2N)
• 2nd sperm fertilizes the polar
nuclei; forms endosperm (3N)
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