A flower, (<Old French flo(u)r<Latin florem<flos), also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called sperms). The flower structure contains the plant's organs, and its function is to produce seeds through reproduction. For the higher plants, seeds are the next generation, and serve as the primary means by which individuals of a species are dispersed across the landscape. After fertilization, portions of the flower develop into a fruit containing the seeds.

Flower anatomy

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Flowering plants heterosporangiate (producing two types of reproductive spores). The pollen (male spores) and ovules (female spores) are produced in different organs, but these are together in a bisporangiate strobilus that is the typical flower.

A flower is regarded as a modified stem (Eames, 1961) with shortened internodes and bearing, at its nodes, structures that may be highly modified leaves. In essence, a flower structure forms on a modified shoot or axis with an apical meristem that does not grow continuously (growth is determinate). The stem is called a pedicel, the end of which is the torus or receptacle. The parts of a flower are arranged in whorls on the torus. The four main parts or whorls (starting from the base of the flower or lowest node and working upwards) are as follows:

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Growing Greener: Orchid experiment: Unlike the relationship between fruit trees and bees, or many other flowers.. http://buzzup.com/j13l
Jessie_Hutching (Jessica Hutchingson) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:45:00 -0000
Growing Greener: Orchid experiment: Unlike the relationship between fruit trees and bees, or many other flowers.. http://buzzup.com/j13l
@CaughtDead88 Bahahahah. I'm seirous. The red shirt with the birds/flowers or whatever? That's what it looks like to meee...
XemilyXecstasyX (Emily G) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:44:37 -0000
@CaughtDead88 Bahahahah. I'm seirous. The red shirt with the birds/flowers or whatever? That's what it looks like to meee...
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HappyAndFit (Happy And Fit) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:44:09 -0000
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the flowers wine and yum I tryed as a child ..pink and fruity..sneaked from granny
blondedis (jan austin) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:43:35 -0000
the flowers wine and yum I tryed as a child ..pink and fruity..sneaked from granny
RT @TypeAndShout: Here are fruits, flowers, leaves, and branches and here is my heart which beats only for you. http://myloc.me/1J9tY
charins (charina febiana) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:43:10 -0000
RT @TypeAndShout: Here are fruits, flowers, leaves, and branches and here is my heart which beats only for you. http://myloc.me/1J9tY
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