Reproductive Structures


Pine microstrobilis (pollen cone) with microsprorangia

Pine microspores

Pine pollen

More pine pollen

Germinating pine pollen

Developing ovuliferous scale in a young pine seed cone (megastrobilis)

Pine megastrobilis (seed cone) with ovuliferous scales and developing ovules

Archegonia from a developing ovule in pine

Archegonia from pine ovule with egg nucleus

Lilium anther with four microsporangia.

Lilium microsporangium with cells undergoing the first division of meiosis

Second division in microsporocytes of a Lilium microsporangium

Microspore tetrads in Lilium anther

Microspore tetrads in Lilium anther

Germinating pollen of Lilium

Lilium ovary at early stage of development

Lilium embryo sac development - one-nucleate stage

Lilium embryo sac development - first division

Lilium embryo sac development - two nucleate stage

Lilium embryo sac development - second division

Lilium embryo sac development - four nucleate stage