FLOWERS

FLOWER
O
• “Bloom” or “Blossom”

• It is the part of the plant from which the fruit or seed is

developed.
FUNCTION OF FLOWERS

Effect Reproduction Brightening decorations

Worshipping gods Herbal tea, medicines Tokens for
love and esteem
FLOWER ANATOMY

Petal

Anther [contains pollen

the male reproductive call)
Stigma trece ves the pollen during fertilization)
Stamen
Style (a tube on top
of the ovary]
 Filament Tholds the anther)
Carpel (Pistil)
Petal
Ovary [lemale reproductive organ)
Ovule [reproductive cell which
will become the seed When fertilized by pollen)
Calyx (all the sepals)

Peduncle
Sepal (small leaves under
the flower)
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REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS

• PISTIL – female reproductive organ of the flower

which includes the:
Stigma Style Ovary STAMEN - male reproductive
organ
Anther Filament
CLASSIFICATION OF FLOWERS

Accdg. to PARTS:
COMPLETE FLOWER
A flower having all four floral parts: sepals, petals,
stamens, and carpels.
• INCOMPLETE FLOWER
A flower lacking either sepals, petals, stamens, or
pistils
CLASSIFICATION OF FLOWERS

Accdg. to SYMMETRY:
• REGULAR FLOWER - a radially symmetric
flower. Examples:

WATER LILY
DAISY
CLASSIFICATION OF FLOWERS

• IRREGULAR FLOWER - a flower in which one or

more members of a whorl differ in form from other
members
Example: Pea flower
CLASSIFICATION OF FLOWERS

Accdg. to SEXES:
• PERFECT - flower showing both carpels and stamens

• IMPERFECT - flower with only one reproductive

organ, either female or male
CLASSIFICATION OF FLOWERS

Accdg. to COMPOSITION:
• SIMPLE - a flower head made up of few flowers
Example: Gumamela

• COMPOUND - a flower head made up of many small

flowers appearing as a single bloc
Example: marigold
INFLORESCENCES

• It is the mode of development and arrangement of

 flowers on an axis.
TYPES OF INFLORESCENCE

riccine

uniparous cyme dicta

umbelina. COD
capitulum

biparous cyme
corymb

EXAMPLES
UNIPAROUS
CYME
UMBEL
RACEME
EXAMPLES

CAPITULUM
SPIKE

BIPAROUS CYME
EXAMPLES
CORYMB
SPADIX
POLLINATION

• The transfer of pollen from the anthers of a flower to

the stigma of the same flower or of another flower.
TYPES OF POLLINATION

Cross-pollination - occurs when pollen is delivered to

a flower from a different plant

Self-pollination - occurs when pollen from one flower

pollinates the same flower or other flowers of the same
individual
AGENTS OF POLLINATION

• Wind

• Water

• Insects
• Mammals

• Birds