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1 On the Function of Flowers
1. Review of reproductive biology 2. Pollination Ecology -variation in flowers -life cycle -precise placement -outcrossing -pollination syndromes

2 Figure 38.2 Review of an idealized flower

3 Figure 38.3a Trillium

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7 Figure 38.3f Sagittaria: staminate flowers (left), carpellate flowers (right)

8 Figure 38.3ex Begonia, a monoecious species

9 Figure 38.3d2 Aloe

10 Figure 38.3b Lupines

11 On the Function of Flowers
1. Review of reproductive biology 2. Pollination Ecology -variation in flowers -life cycle -precise placement -outcrossing -pollination syndromes

12 Life cycle of the angiosperm (flowering plant) from the current text)

13 Figure 38.1 Simplified overview of angiosperm life cycle

14 Figure 38.3ax2 Lily

15 Figure 38.4 The development of angiosperm gametophytes (pollen and embryo sacs)

16 4 Microspores Tube Cell Generative Cell Dispersed Pollen Grain Pollen Coat

17 Figure 38.5 Pollen grains have tough, ornate, and distinctive walls

18 Figure 38.3ax1 Lily

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20 Cross Section of an Ovary
One ovule just after meiosis

21 Figure 38.4 The development of angiosperm gametophytes (pollen and embryo sacs)

22 Four-nuclear female gametophyte after two mitotic divisions of the megaspore)
Mature female gametophyte Egg

23 Figure 38.9 Growth of the pollen tube and double fertilization

24 Figure 38.10 The development of a dicot plant embryo

25 http://gened. emc. maricopa. edu/bio/bio181/BIOBK/BioBookflowersII

26 Figure 30.17 The life cycle of an angiosperm

27 On the Function of Flowers
1. Review of reproductive biology 2. Pollination Ecology -life cycle -variation in flowers -precise placement -outcrossing -pollination syndromes

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30 On the Function of Flowers
1. Review of reproductive biology 2. Pollination Ecology -life cycle -variation in flowers -precise placement -outcrossing -pollination syndromes

31 Three paths for pollen flow:
selfing: 1. Within flower 2. Between flowers 3. outcrossing (between plants)

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33 Red Maple Flowers staminate pistillate

34 Figure 38.3e Maize, a monoecious species

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40 Foxgloves and outcrossing

41 Figure 38.3bx1 Foxglove

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43 Three components to outcrossing in foxglove
1. Young flowers are male, old are female 2. Young flowers are nearer the top 3. Bees fly up. Male zone Then start over at the bottom Bees fly up Female zone

44 On the Function of Flowers
1. Review of reproductive biology 2. Pollination Ecology -life cycle -variation in flowers -precise placement -outcrossing -pollination syndromes

45 -pollination syndromes
Hummingbird -- -long tube -red color -abundant nectar - no odor - no landing

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50 -pollination syndromes
Bat -- -abundant pollen -white or drab color -abundant nectar - good odor - strong landing

51 Banana (Musa), pollinated by bats, dispersed by monkeys

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54 -pollination syndromes
Sphinx Moth -- -long tube -white color -abundant nectar - exquisite odor (periodic) - landing

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56 Angraecum (Orchidaceae)

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59 -pollination syndromes
Carrion insect -- -contrasting light and dark pattern -brown-purple color -no nectar - foul odor

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62 On the Function of Flowers
1. Review of reproductive biology 2. Pollination Ecology -life cycle -variation in flowers -precise placement -outcrossing -pollination syndromes


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