The Morton Arboretum's Naturalist Certificate Program
Plant Families of the Midwest   - Winter 2001

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Vocabulary Sheet 1 - Flowers NAME:                                                           
Flower
    Complete Flower
    Incomplete Flower

    Perfect Flower
    Staminate
    Pistillate

Pedicel

Receptacle

Perianth

Calyx
    Sepal

Corolla
    Petal

Androecium
    Stamen
        Anther
        Filament
        Pollen

Perianth and Androecium position in relation to Gynoecium

    Epigyny
    Hypogyny
    Perigyny

Gynoecium

    Pistil
        Stigma
        Style
        Ovary
            Ovule

    Carpel
        Apocarpous
        Syncarpous
        Unicarpellous

Patrick R. Leacock
Education Program Developer / Research Scientist (Biology)
Department of Botany, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL 60605-2496
E-mail: pleacock@fieldmuseum.org