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 44-Syncarpous gynoecium

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A syncarpous gynoecium is composed of two or more connate carpels. You can often tell that carpels are connate when several stigmas are present.

The term "compound pistil" is equivalent to a "syncarpous gynoecium". These photos are of two members of the Portulacaceae.

Photo by K. R. Robertson and D. L. Nickrent of plants cultivated at the University of Illinois.
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