BOTANY WITH BASICS OF HYDROBOTANY (AQUATIC PLANTS OF UKRAINE) - B.Ye. Yakubenko - 2011

X. SEED PLANTS

Order Orchidales

A characteristic feature of the order is the reduction in the number of stamens to two or one, which fuse by their filaments with the style to form a Column (gynostemium). The flowers are zygomorphic, brightly colored, and the pollen is dispersed in clumps (pollinia). The seeds are extremely small. Mycorrhiza develops on the underground Organs. It includes the Orchid family.

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