These pictures show the gynoecium of (A) Papaver and (B) Michelia flowers. Write the difference in the structure of their ovaries.

Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

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These pictures show the gynoecium of (A) Papaver and (B) Michelia flowers.

Write the difference in the structure of their ovaries.

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08/12/2021 7:40 pm

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In (A) Papaver, the ovary is syncarpous, where the carpels are fused together.
In (B) Michelia, the ovary is apocarpous, where the carpels remain free from one another.

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