The sporophylls (i.e., stamens and carpels) are the essential parts in a flower so that the flower may be defined as a shoot bearing sporophylls. An ordinary shoot has an axial stem divided into nodes and internodes, the foliage leaves being borne at the nodes in an alternate or cyclic manner. The flower is exactly a similar shoot, only it [...]
Let us make in-depth study of the important parts of a flower. In the evolution of the land plants one finds a progressive specialization of the reproductive structure until, in the flowering plants or Phanerogams, these reproductive structures or sporophylls are found to be borne in a specialized shoot called the flower. The flower is the most conspicuous structure in [...]
The below mentioned article provides a study note on the floral formula and the floral diagram. Floral Formula: It is sometimes found convenient to describe a flower by a simple and concise formula known as the floral formula. In this formula K represents calyx, C=corolla, P= perianth, A=androccium, G=Gynoecium. The number of members of a whorl is written after the [...]