Botany · Ch 4 — Reproductive Morphology
Androecium
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Androecium
The androecium is the third floral whorl and the male reproductive part of the flower, composed of stamens, which are also called microsporophylls because they are the leaf-derived structures that bear the microsporangia (pollen sacs). Each stamen is built of three parts: the filament, a slender stalk; the anther, the swollen upper part that contains the microsporangia; and the c …
Figure 4.23Stamen structure
What this figure shows. A labelled diagram of a single stamen shown in both ventral and dorsal view, with the Anther (the swollen upper part bearing the microsporangia), the Filament (the stalk supporting the anther) and the Connective (the tissue joining the anther's two lobes to the tip of t …