Morphological diversity in the Gnetales. Top left:
Ephedra distachya subsp.
helvetica showing twisted micropylar tube and red fleshy bracts of female cone in Embrun, Hautes Alpes, France (photo by Elke Zippel). Top right:
Welwitschia mirabilis pollination droplets at micropylar tubes in female cone, cultivated (photo by Stefan Little). Bottom left:
Gnetum gnemon bisexual cone with sterile ovules with pollination droplet above staminate reproductive units, cultivated (photo by Günther Gerlach). Middle right:
Welwitschia mirabilis details of sticky pollen masses and sterile ovules in bisexual cone, cultivated (photo by Günther Gerlach). Bottom right:
Weltwischia mirabilis, male (at left) and female cones (at right), cultivated (photo by Stefan Little). See Ickert-Bond et al., pp. 1–16 in this issue.
hoto by Günther Gerlach). Middle right: Welwitschia mirabilis details of sticky pollen masses and sterile ovules in bisexual cone, cultivated (photo by Günther Gerlach). Bottom right: Weltwischia mirabilis, male (at left) and female cones (at right), cultivated (photo by Stefan Little). See Ickert-Bond et al., pp. 1–16 in this issue.
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