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Videos

How pollen can be used to deliver medicine
A method developed for cleaning out the insides of pollen grains so that the nonallergenic...
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Why do people have allergies in the spring?
Learn what allergies are and what causes them.
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
The enticing trap of the wild arum plant
Watch an arum plant trap a fly and cover it with pollen.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
The differences between monocots and eudicots explained
Some of the basic differences between monocotyledons and eudicotyledons.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
How do bees make honey?
Overview of how honeybees produce honey.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Uncover how flowers attract their pollinators
How flowers attract pollinators.
Video: © MinuteEarth (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Study the roles of anthers, stigma, pollen tubes, and ovules in plant embryo fertilization
Pollen transports sperm cells to flowers' egg cells
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Compare monocotyledons' embryonic endosperm to dicotyledons' prephotosynthesis food storage system
Fertilization and germination of seeds.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Images

Wind pollination
Windblown pollen from the male cone of a lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta).
© Photoshot - NHPA/SuperStock
Honeybee pollination
Pollen-covered honeybee (Apis mellifera) on a purple crocus (Crocus...
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sage pollen
Scanning electron micrograph of pollen from a sage plant (Salvia species).
© Judyta Dulnik (CC BY-SA 4.0)
pollen grains
Scanning electron microscopic image of pollen from various common plants.
Dartmouth Electron Microscope Facility, Dartmouth College
Hibiscus
The pollen-bearing stamens (male structures) of a hibiscus flower, borne on the pistil...
©Goodshoot/Getty Images Plus
angiosperm life cycle
Figure 16: Typical angiosperm life cycle (see text).
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angiosperm floral anatomy
Figure 11: Floral structures characteristic of angiosperms.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Cross-pollination
The process of cross-pollination using an animal pollinator.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Self-pollination
The process of self-pollination in an angiosperm.
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