Abstract
Sexual reproduction in seed plants involves the production of male and female gametes that, if successful, lead to the formation of an embryo. In order to understand the process in reasonable detail, it is necessary to know the reproductive structures—in the case of flowering plants, the reproductive structure of interest is the flower. Whether one flower supports both male and female reproductive parts or separate flowers are employed, this chapter presents these prospects and then examines the basics of floral structure and later focuses on the anatomy of male reproductive structures. Detailed steps are used to show the development of pollen and its germination prior to pollination.
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Crang, R., Lyons-Sobaski, S., Wise, R. (2018). Flowers and Male Reproductive Structures. In: Plant Anatomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77315-5_17
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