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Magnoliaceae

 14-Magnolia flw dissected

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Flower with several sepals, petals, and stamens removed. Note the spirally arranged stamens with laminar anthers and the numerous free carpels on an elongated receptacle (apocarpous gynoecium). This example is a saucer magnolia (Magnolia × soulangeana).
Photo by K. R. Robertson at University of Illinois.
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