difference between staminate flower and pistillate flower
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A staminate flower is a male flower, bearing only stamens. A pistillate flower is female, bearing only pistils. A monoecious (pronounced moan-EE-shus) plant has separate male flowers and female flowers occurring on the same plant.
Staminate Flowers
Consists of male reproductive structures only and is an androecious or male flower
Stamen, the male reproductive structure has two parts – filament and anther
It does not contain activated female reproductive parts
Cucumber a dioecious plant produces staminate flowers Chrysanthemum produces disc florets which are staminate flowers
Pistillate Flowers
Consists of female reproductive structures only known as the carpels or pistils
They do not have activated stamens. But they have a swollen base due to the presence of the ovary
Carpels have three parts – style, stigma and ovary
Pistillate flowers obtain pollens from other flowers for fertilization
Example – cucumber has pistillate flowers while bearing staminate flowers separatel