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Q.The male reproductive part of a flower is called ___________.

Haryana BsehBoard of School Education Haryana (Senior Secondary Part-I / Class 11) 2026Subjective· 1mImportance★★★★★
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A flower's male reproductive whorl is the androecium, made up of individual units called stamens, each of which produces pollen (the male gametophyte) inside its anther.

A typical flower has four whorls arranged from the outside in: the calyx (sepals, protective), corolla (petals, often colourful to attract pollinators), androecium (stamens, the male reproductive whorl), and gynoecium (carpels/pistil, the female reproductive whorl at the centre). Each stamen consists of a slender stalk, the filament, topped by the anther — typically bilobed, with each lobe containing two microsporangia (pollen sacs) where pollen grains develop through meiosis.

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