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angiosperm reproductive systems
- In angiosperm: The gynoecium
In epigynous flowers, the hypanthium is fused to the gynoecium, and the free parts of the sepals, petals, and stamens appear to be attached to the top of the gynoecium, as in the apple (Malus; Rosaceae); the ovary is inferior, and the petals, sepals, and stamens…
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…the ovary and is called epigynous (i.e., appearing to grow from the top of the ovary).
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Myrtales flowers
- In Myrtales: Characteristic morphological features
…than at its base (epigynous) are considered the most advanced, and perigyny (the flower parts appear to arise at the same level as the ovary) is undoubtedly the ancestral condition in Myrtales. The flowers commonly contain four or five parts (four- or five-merous) and very often have two whorls…
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