The carpel

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1. The parts of a flower
2. Calyx and corolla
3. The stamen
4. The carpel
5. Studying a real flower
6. Pollination: self and cross
7. Agents of pollination
8. Adaptations to wind pollination
9. Adaptations to insect pollination
10. Comparing the two kinds of flower
11. Agrochemicals and pollinators
12. Fertilisation
13. From flower to seed
14. Fruit formation
15. The structure of a seed
16. Why seeds are dispersed
17. Dispersal by wind
18. Dispersal by animals
19. Dispersal by water and by explosion
20. Reproduction in plants: the whole story