Discusses the reproductive structures of plants, describes the functions of stamens, pistils, petals, sepals, and bracts, and looks at how fruit are formed
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From Library Journal:
An understanding of flower and fruit structure and function can lead flower fanciers to even greater enjoyment of the plants around them. The six chapters (stamens, pistils, petals, sepals and brachts, patterns, fruits) in this book provide the lay reader with an attractive alternative to dry textbooks, and the nearly 200 excellent close-up photographs of more than 100 familiar plants present a sample of the enormous diversity of form encountered in the floral world. The text is generally accurate and usually clear, although in describing members of the sunflower family, "tube-flower" gets changed to "disc-flower," and "strap-flower" to "ray-flower" without explanation. Annette Aiello, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
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- PublisherUniv of Missouri Pr
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0826204023
- ISBN 13 9780826204028
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages118