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. 2016 Feb 4;4:e1653. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1653

Figure 8. Carpels and ovules of Lacandonia brasiliana (LM).

Figure 8

(A) Ovule with megagametophyte at megaspore-mother cell stage. (B) Longitudinal section of developing carpel, with megagametophyte at four-celled stage, and filamentous style-like appendage starting to extend. (C, D) Ovules with megagametophyte at four-celled stage. (E, F) Fertilized ovules with proembryo and endosperm. Labels: end, endosperm; es, embryo sac (megagametophyte); ii, inner integument; mic, micropyle; oi, outer integument; pe, proembryo; st, style-like appendage. Scale bars: in A, C = 20 μm, in B, D, E, F = 50 μm.