# Magnoliophyta

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Ovules (and seeds) enclosed within carpels (fruits); the carpels bearing stigmas upon which the pollen lodges. Pollen produced in the anthers of stamens. Carpels and stamens usually surrounded by a [perianth](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/perianth "the calyx and corolla collectively, especially when they are morphologically similar."); the whole constituting a flower which may be uni- or bi-sexual (= angiosperms) [Magnoliophyta](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/taxon/magnoliophyta)

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Flowers usually 4- or 5[-merous](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/-merous "a suffix used to refer to the number of parts, e.g. 5-merous meaning that each floral whorl contains 5 segments (possibly excepting the gynoecium).") (rarely 3[-merous](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/-merous "a suffix used to refer to the number of parts, e.g. 5-merous meaning that each floral whorl contains 5 segments (possibly excepting the gynoecium)."), when the plants are usually branching trees, shrubs or parasitic twiners). Leaf [venation](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/venation "the manner in which the veins of leaves are arranged.") usually [reticulate](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/reticulate "forming a network."). [Embryo](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/embryo "a young plant within the seed or within the archegonium.") with 2 cotyledons. Trees, shrubs, herbs, climbers [Magnoliopsida](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/taxon/magnoliopsida)

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Flowers usually 3[-merous](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/-merous "a suffix used to refer to the number of parts, e.g. 5-merous meaning that each floral whorl contains 5 segments (possibly excepting the gynoecium)."). Leaf [venation](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/venation "the manner in which the veins of leaves are arranged.") usually parallel. [Embryo](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/embryo "a young plant within the seed or within the archegonium.") with 1 [cotyledon](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/cotyledon "a seed-leaf of the embryo of a seed plant.") Plants usually [herbaceous](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/herbaceous "pertaining to herbs. When applied to the texture of a leaf or frond, midway between membranous and coriaceous, not succulent.") rarely woody and then ± unbranched) [Liliopsida](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/taxon/liliopsida)