Due to its great importance as a pollinator of flowers and as a producer of honey, the honey bee, Apis mellifica, is described as a […]
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6 Characteristic Features of Anemophilous Flowers
Anemophilous flowers are those flowers whose pollens are transferred by wind from the anthers to the stigmas of the same or a different plant. Here […]
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4 Characteristic Features of Entomophilous Flowers
The transfer of pollen grains from the anther of a stamen to the receptive part of a carpel, the stigma is known as pollination. In […]
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The Dissection, Morphology and Anatomy of a Flower
To describe completely the morphology and anatomy of a flower, it must be fully dissected. Dissection is the process of separating out, piece by piece, […]
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Significance of Protandry and Protogyny in Pollination
In discussing Pollination, we must first look at structure of the flowers of some plant genera. In many genera, e.g. Taraxacum (dandelion), Bellis (daisy), the […]
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