Fruits and the seeds of duckweeds.
Flowering and fruit formation
in Lemna minor. |
Flowering and fruit formation
in Lemna gibba. |
Fruits of duckweeds are just larger than a poppy seed and are visible
to the naked eye. They are of a form with a pocket or indentations,
globular, sometimes longitudinally slightly flattened, not open or split
longitudinally, and contain from 1 to 6 seeds.
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Ripening seeds in the fruits of Lemna
gibba. |
Lemna trisulca: Fruit
Seed
Fruit of duckweed can contain several seeds
,
and the seeds may be oval
, diamond-shaped
or of rounded form, as in Wolffia
.
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Fruits and the seeds of Lemna gibba.
In its fruits one may encounter 3 or 4 seeds. |
From left to right:
fruit with 4 seeds of Lemna gibba,
and 4 seeds of Lemna minor. |
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