Reproduction In Plants

Calyx: The calyx is the first part of a flower that develops and is attached directly to the stem of the plant. All the sepals together form the calyx.

Sepals: Leaf-like structures at flower base, protects young flower bud.

Corolla: All the petals together form the corolla.

Petals: Located in and above the sepals, often large and colourful, sometimes scented, sometimes producing nectar. Often serve to attract pollinators to the plant.

Stamens: Male part of the flower, consisting of the anther and filament, makes pollen grains.

Anther: The pollen bearing portion of a stamen.

Filament: The stalk of the stamen which bears the anther.

Androecium: The stamens in a flower are collectively called the androecium. The androecium in various species of plants form a great variety of patterns, some of them highly complex

Pistil: Female part of the flower. Consisting of the stigma, style and ovary.

Seed: The fertilized egg develops into an embryo surrounded by a protective and nutritious material. As the egg becomes a seed, the ovary grows and becomes fruit.

Asexual reproduction: Vegetative reproduction (vegetative propagation, vegetative multiplication, vegetative cloning) is a form of asexual reproduction in plants. It is a process by which new organisms arise without production of seeds or spores. Asexual reproduction needs only one parent, unlike sexual reproduction, which needs two parents. Since there is only one parent, there is no fusion of gametes and no mixing of genetic information.

Pollination: Flowers play a key role in pollination. Pollination is the transfer of pollen (containing the male gametes), from the anther of a flower, to the stigma (receptive surface of the female part of the flower) of the same or a different flower.

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