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(A) Open flowers showing three central stamens surrounded by carpels; tepals with well-developed apical filamentous appendages. (B, C) Developing flowers showing three relatively central stamens distal to much smaller developing carpels; filamentous tepal appendage starting to grow in (C). Labels: ca, carpel; fta, filamentous tepal appendage; st, stamen. Scale bars: in A = 1 mm, in B, C = 100 μm.
