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A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms. The function of a flower is to produce seeds through sexual
reproduction. For the higher plants, seeds are the next generation, and serve as the primary means by which individuals of a species are dispersed across the
landscape. After fertilization, a flower develops into a fruit containing the seed
A flower is regarded a modified stem with shortened internodes and bearing, at its
nodes, structures that may be highly modified leaves. In essence, a flower structure forms on a modified shoot or axis with an apical meristem that does not grow
continuously. The stem is called a pedicel, the end of which is the torus or
receptacle.
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