Receptacle (botany)
In botany, the receptacle refers to vegetative tissues near the end of reproductive stems that are situated below or encase the reproductive organs.
Angiosperms
epigynous
(III)In
conical receptacle. When a raspberry is picked, the receptacle separates from the fruit, but in blackberries, it remains attached to the fruit.[1]
In the daisy family (Compositae or Asteraceae), small individual flowers are arranged on a round or dome-like structure that is also called receptacle.
Algae and bryophyta
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Receptacles at the end of Fucus branches
In
Heterokontophyta in the order Fucales. They are specialised structures which contain the reproductive organs called conceptacles.[2]
Receptacles also function as a structure that captures food.
References
- ^ Blackberry and Raspberry at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-05-29) — Mark Rieger at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-05-29)
- ISBN 0-565-00992-3
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