THIS little book is intended for students who have already studied the elementary principles of botanical science. It is divided into three parts, dealing with respectively, the most general ...

In flowering plants, male and female reproductive structures can be found in the same individual plant. The organ of sexual reproduction is the flower. Male gametes are found in pollen grains and ...

These structures are the defining trait of all angiosperms and one key to the success of this huge plant group, which numbers some 235,000 species. Just when and how did the first flowering plants ...

Flowering plants represent about one-sixth of all ... the baobab's flowers hang downward and are shaped to fit the pollinator's facial structure. Hint: This beakless pollinator uses its tongue ...

People are lining up at the Geelong Botanic Gardens to see and smell the giant corpse flower, a rare plant that stinks like a dead body.

A new fire-resilient, dual-blooming species of flowering plant, Dicliptera polymorpha, has been discovered in Talegaon Dabhade, India. This unique species features a rare spicate inflorescence and ...