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Malvaceae

 7-Gossypium flower

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Longitudinal section a flower of Gossypium lanceolata (a species of cotton). The structure of this flower is essentially the same as that in the previous slide; see if you can identify all the parts.
Photo by K. R. Robertson and D. L. Nickrent from plants cultivated at the Illinois Natural History Survey.
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