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How are the stamens in Brassicaceae flowers arranged?
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Brassicales
Broccoli (Brassica oleracea, variety italica).
In the Brassicaceae family, the flowers characteristically feature an arrangement of six stamens consisting of four long stamens and two short stamens. This specific arrangement is referred to as tetradynamous.12