collect the androecium and gynoecium of different flowers and prepare a report by comparing their characteristics
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Gynoecium (from Ancient Greek γυνή, gyne, meaning woman, and οἶκος, oikos, meaning house) is most commonly used as a collective term for the parts of a flower that produce ovules and ultimately develop into the fruit and seeds. The gynoecium is the innermost whorl of a flower, it consists of (one or more) pistils and is typically surrounded by the pollen-producing reproductive organs, the stamens, collectively called the androecium. The gynoecium is often referred to as the "female" portion of the flower, although rather than directly producing female gametes (i.e. egg cells), the gynoecium produces megaspores, each of which develops into a female gametophyte which then produces egg cells.
The term gynoecium is also used by botanists to refer to a cluster of archegonia and any associated modified leaves or stems present on a gametophyte shoot in mosses, liverworts and hornworts. The corresponding terms for the male parts of those plants are clusters of antheridia within the androecium.
A flower consists of the stamen which has two parts anther and the filament. Androecium: It is the male reproductive whorl of flower.It is made up ofone or more stamens and the Gynoecium which is the female reproductive whorl of a flower. It is made up of one or more carpels. Androecium contains stamens and gynoecium contains carpels.