GROUP 6

Topic

Flowers Structure
 Petals
Pistil They are often bright in
This forms the female
colour as their main
parts of a flower. A
function is to attract
collection of pistils is
pollinators such as
called the gynoecium.
insects, butterflies etc to
Sepals the flower. The petals are
These are the small, collectively known as the
leaf-like parts growing corolla
at the base of the Receptacle
petals. They form the It is that part of the
outermost whorl of flower to which the
the flower. stalk is attached to. It
Peduncle
is small and found at
This is the stalk of
the centre of the base
the flower
of the flower.
 Stamens
These are the male parts of a flower. Many stamens are collectively known as
the androecium.

1. Anthers
It is the head of the stamen
and is responsible for producing
1
the pollen which is transferred to the
. pistil or female parts of the same or
another flower to bring about
2
fertilization
2. Filament
the part that is long and slender
and attached the anther to
the flower.
 Stigma
The stigma contains a sticky substance
whose job is to catch pollen grains from
different pollinators or those dispersed
through the wind. They are responsible
to begin the process of fertilization.

Style
is a long slender stalk that holds the stigma.
Once the pollen reaches the stigma, the style
starts to become hollow and forms a tube called
the pollen tube which takes the pollen to the
ovaries to enable fertilization.
 Ovary
.
Ovules

These are the egg cells of a flower. They

are contained in the ovary. In the event
of a favorable pollination where a Ovary
compatible pollen reaches the stigma
and eventually reaches the ovary to fuse They’re form the base
with the ovules, this fertilized product of the pistil. The ovary
forms the fruit and the ovules become
holds the ovules
the seeds of the fruit.