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Where are the reproductive parts located in a plant?


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Reproductive parts of a plant:

  1. The reproductive structure of plants is the flower.
  2. Plants get matured when they start to blossom.
  3. Every plant may contain male and female reproductive parts in the flower within a single plant or different plant.
  4. The male reproductive part of a plant is stamens.

Male reproductive parts of a flower:

  1. The filament is a long, thin stalk with a two-lobed anther at the apex of the stamen.
  2. The anther is made up of four sac-like structures (microsporangia) that generate pollen.

Female reproductive parts of a flower:

  1. The female reproductive part of a flower is called a pistil.
  2. It consists of three parts: stigma, style, and ovary.
  3. The uppermost component or receptive tip of carpels in the gynoecium of a flower is called the stigma.
  4. The stigma and the ovary are connected by a long tube-like thin stalk.
  5. The ovary is a ductless reproductive gland that contains a large number of ovules.
  6. It's the portion of the plant where the leaves grow.


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