What is an anther?

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Jun 16, 2014

Angiosperms ( flowering plants ) perform sexual reproduction

In humans male gametes are sperms
Producier - testes

Similarly in angiosperms Male gametes here are Pollens .
Producing structure - Stamen

Stamen consist of three parts -

- Filament
- Anther
- connective

Anther contains microsporangia which in future becomes pollens .Anthers are usually bilobed structures .Each lobe contains 2 microsporangia . Therefore , in each anther (bilobed) 4 microsporangia are presnt .
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