plant sexual reproduction

1. stamen

2. anther

3. filament

4. petal

5. sepal

6. carpel

7. stigma

8. style

9. ovary

10. ovule

11. receptacle

12. peduncle

what is the name for a species that has both male and female gametes

bisexual or hermaphrodite

what are the male gametes and where do they come from

microspores produced by the anthers

what are the female gametes and where do they come from

megaspores produced in the ovule inside the ovary

This process is called microsporogenesis

1. microsporophyte or pollen mother cell

2. microspores

3. immature gametophye pollen grain

4. mature pollen grain

This process is called megasporogenesis

1. megaspores mega mother cell

2. megaspores

3. immature gametophyte

4. mature gametophyte embryo sac

5. 3 antipodal cells

6. 2 polar nuclei

7. 2 synergid cells

8. 1 female gamete

9. only one survives

1. stigma

2. style

3. ovary

4. germinated pollen grain

5. 2 male gamete nuclei

6. stigma

7. pollen tube nucleus

8. region of digestion

9. pollen tube

10. ovary embryo sac

11. triploid endosperm nucleus

12. diploid zygote nucleus

13. micropyle

1. The pollen grains (immature male gametophytes) are released from the anthers and dispersed by wind or insects to other flowers. If pollen lands on the stigma of a plant of the same species that plant is pollinated. Pollination can be done by the plant eg self-pollination or different plants cross-pollination

2. If the pollen grain has landed on a suitable stigma it will germinate by absorbing water swelling and splitting open. The generative nucleus divides by mitosis to form 2 haploid male gamete nuclei .The pollen grain is now a mature gametophyte.

3. A pollen tube emerges from the split and grows down the style towards the ovary. The pollen tube secretes enzymes to digest the tissue in front of it and uses these to digest products to grow. The pollen tube nucleus stays at the tips of the pollen tube controlling its growth. The 2 male gamete nuclei also move down the tube behind the pollen tube nucleus.

4. When the pollen tube reaches the ovary it enters the female embryo sac through a small opening called the micropyle. The pollen tube nucleus has now done its job degenerates while the 2 male gametes enter the embryo sac

5. both male gametes now fertilise female cells in the embryo sac in a process unique to sexual reproduction in flowering plants called double fertilisation. One male gamete fuses with the female gamete to form a diploid zygote. The other male gamete fuses with the 2 polar nuclei to form a triploid primary endosperm cell.

6. Following the fertilisation the flower develops into a seed that can survive in a dormant sate and be dispersed. This zygote develops into the embryo. Once it has dispersed it will germinate and form roots and shoot and eventually grow into a new plant. The primary endosperm grows and develops into a food store called the endosperm. This nourishes the developing embryo. Eg coconut meat. The embryo sac develops into the seed surrounding the embryo and protecting it during dispersal germination. The ovary wall develops into a fruit to aid the seed dispersal. different fruit have different properties depending on their method of seed dispersal