"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
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In article , Monique Reed
writes
Your first two show the androecium and gynoecium (male and female
parts of the flower) in two stages of maturity. The second two show
the gynoecium in two further stages of maturity.

To elaborate, in this particular case the fused filaments of the anthers
are described as a staminal column. (I've also seen stamineal column,
but I think that that's archaic.)
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Thanks Stewart -

Would staminode also cover what you have described??
This was another word suggested by my botanical student friend

By the way - thanks to the links PvR posted
your site was particularly helpful in my project as I am
'doing' Alyogyne huegelii.

I hope to have the project finished by this Friday
Gramma