Ovules

• Title

  Ovules

• Definition

  Structures that arise from placentae in the ovary locules. Among other cells, the egg and two polar nuclei are found in the ovule. After fertilization, the egg develops into an embryo and the polar nuclei develop into endosperm which, along with the seed coat, form the seed..

• Notes

  The ovules of neotropical Lecythidaceae are anatropous, bitegmic, and tenuinucellate.

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