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The Lily Flower is Syncarpous. It is widely used to teach basic floral anatomy as well as sexual reproduction. Consequently, you need to learn the material presented below!!!

Lily Flower Parts

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Lily, Lily Burning Bright in the Forests of the Night.........

Perianth = Tepals = 3 Free Sepals & 3 Free Petals

Androecium = 6 Free Stamens

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Gynoecium = 3 Carpels (Syncarpous)

Ovary = Superior (Hypogenous)

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Trillium Flower. Trillilum is in the Liliaceae.		 TrilliumAG2400HueOvLab300.jpg (75625 bytes)
Gynoecium of Trillium
How many Carpels comprise this Syncarpous Gynoecium??????
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Cross Sections through a Lily Ovary - Note the Three Layers of the Pericarp.
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Ovary labeled to show the number of Carpels		 LilyFru240Lab.jpg (64435 bytes)
Mature Lily Fruit showing, you guessed it, the number of carpels!!!

Lily Links

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Lily Microsporogenesis

Lily Megasporogenesis

Lily Fertilization & Embryo Development

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