Flower diagram of snapragon.
Drawn by Kurt Stueber
Here is a small collection of pictures from wildtype or near
wildtype flowers of Antirrhinum majus. Traditionally
the cultivar "Sippe 50" is defined to be the "wildtype" or
standard for Antirrhinum. Pictures shown here come mostly
from other cultivars, which do not significantly differ in their
anatomical structure from "Sippe 50".
Here are two pictures (from phu) which display a longitudinal
cut throught the snapdragon flower with the names of the
individual flower parts in
English
or German
List of further pictures relevant to flower anatomy:
wel slide 24 Ripening seed
capsule (reifende Kapsel) side view.
wel slide 25 Ripening seed
capsule (reifende Kapsel), front view, displaying the three openings.
kst still 22 Ripening
inflorescense. Seeds not yet mature.
phu pict 7
Scanning electron microscopy.
Longitudinal section through inflorescence apex.
phu pict 8
Scanning electron microscopy.
Longitudinal section through immature flower bud.
phu pict 9
Scanning electron microscopy.
Cross section through immature flower bud.
Detail. Bilocular ovary with immature ovules.
Anther with immature pollen (tetrad stage).
phu pict 10
Scanning electron microscopy.
Tip of inflorescence. Bracts and sepals of older flower buds removed.
phu pict 11
Scanning electron microscopy.
Top view shoot apex. Vegetative shoot wit vegetative secondary shoot
primordia,
left. Inflorescence with flower primordia, right. Some leaves and bracts
removed.
phu pict 12
Scanning electron microscopy.
Side view inflorescence apex (from two different angles) with flower
primordia
and vegetative secondary side shoot. Some leaves and bracts removed.
wel_slide0268.jpg Picture
provided by W.E. Lönnig. Blow up of a single wildtype flower, red
coloured.
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This page has last been modified on September 17, 1997.