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Image Title: Scanning Electron Micrograph of an Early Floral Developmental Stage of the Outcrossing Subspecies of Clarkia xantania (Onagraceae)
Image Credit: C. J. Runions, Cornell University
AJB Editor: Karl Niklas, Cornell University
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Scanning electron micrograph of an early floral developmental stage of the outcrossing subspecies of Clarkia xantania (Onagraceae). Sepals, which are covered by trichomes, have been partially removed and floral organs have been falsely colored: style and stigma, yellow; large anthers, blue; small anthers, purple; petals, red.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

Evolution of the self-pollinating flower in Clarkia xantania (Onograceae). I. Size and development of floral organs

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