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1
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Androecium

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formed by the stamens together

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Perianth

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Made up of the calyx and corolla and forms the sterile or non-reproductive part of the flower

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3
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Hibiscus

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numerous stamens joined into a staminal column (monadelphous androecial tube). In this case the stamens are only half stamens.

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4
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megasporophylls

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seed-bearing leaves

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Gynoecium

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the pistil or pistils together (all the carpels of the ovary)

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circinate

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coiled in early development like ferns

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adnation

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fusion of different whorls

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8
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connation

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fusion of the same whorl

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9
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epipetalous

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fusion of stamens to petals

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synsepalous or gamosepalous

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a calyx of fused sepals

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polypetalous

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petals separate

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sympetalous or gamopetalous

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a corolla fused at the base or fused at into a tube

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13
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androecium

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a collective name for the stamens or the male part of the flower

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14
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staminodes

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sterile stamen that don’t produce pollen and don’t have anthers (usually)

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15
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syngenesious

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anthers are connate but filaments are separate

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16
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introrse dehiscence

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pollen shed inwards

17
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plicate

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folded

18
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ascidiate

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sac-like

19
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apocarpous

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flowers with one or more simple pistils

20
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syncarpous pistil

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pistil made up of two or more fused carpels

21
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pericarp

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body of fruit developed from ovary wall

22
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dehiscent

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splitting open to release the seeds

23
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indehiscent

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not splitting open

24
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anemochorous

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dispersal of fruits by wind

25
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epizoochorous

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dispersed by attachment to outside of animal

26
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endozoochorous

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dispersal by being eaten by an animal

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