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setSC-Balanophora_fungosa-5
Title
Male flower of <em>Balanophora fungosa</em> at very high magnification
Author
Sherwin Carlquist Santa Barbara California USA
Keywords
Balanophora fungosa, male flowers
Description
Balanophora fungosa, male flowers
A male flower of Balanophora fungosa at very high magnification. Out of focus are a few of the brown petal-like structures. The white globe consists of the structures bearing pollen, the anthers, which have opened and look like papery scales. With a little imagination, you can see white pollen grains among those scale-like structures.

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Publisher
Botanical Society of America
Additional data
copyright: Carlquist, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
Collection
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Botanical Name
<em>Balanophora fungosa</em>
Location Area
Mossman Gorge, near Cairns
Location State
Queensland
Location Country
Australia
Categories
  • Image
  • Not a cover image

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