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- Title
- Pollination droplet secreted from tip of slender micropylar tube of <em>Ephedra
- Author
- William E. Friedman University of Georgia Department of Botany Athens Georgia 30602 USA
- Keywords
- Ephedra ovule, female gametophyte, pollen chamber, germinate, micropylar tube, Pollination droplet
- Description
- BSA Plant Images Online -
- Pollination droplet secreted from tip of slender micropylar tube of Ephedra ovule. Pollen adheres to the sticky, sugar-rich droplet, which later retracts to allow pollen to germinate in the pollen chamber adjacent to the female gametophyte.
- Additional data
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copyright: William E. Friedman, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
- Collection
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Reproductive Biology
- Botanical Name
- <em>Ephedra ovule</em>
- End User Role
- Teacher, Learner
- Link URL
- http://www.botany.org/Abstracts/81-11-1468.php
- Link Title
- The evolution of embryogeny in seed plants and the developmental orgin and early history of endosperm
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