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Hibiscus angiosperm life cycle angiosperm floral anatomy A diagram showing a bee collecting pollen from the stamen of one yellow flower, then flying to another flower of the same type and depositing pollen onto its pistil, illustrating cross-pollination in angiosperms. Self-pollination
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Wind pollination
Wind pollination Windblown pollen from the male cone of a lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta).

pollen

plant anatomy
Also known as: pollen grain
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pollen, a mass of microspores in a seed plant appearing usually as a fine dust. Each pollen grain is a minute body, of varying shape and structure, formed in the male structures of seed-bearing plants and transported by various means (wind, water, insects, etc.) to the female structures, where fertilization occurs. In angiosperms, pollen is produced by the anthers of the stamens in flowers. In gymnosperms, it is formed in the microsporophylls of the microstrobili...

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