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Hamamelidaceae

26-Liquidambar inflorescences

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Inflorescences of Liquidambar styraciflua, a female inflorescence in longitudinal section on the left, a whole male inflorescence in the center, and a male inflorescence in longitudinal section on the right.

Notice that there are many flowers in the female inflorescence, that each flower has two styles, and that at the base of the styles are several staminodes.


Taken by K. R. Robertson at the University of Illinois

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