…the female organ of an angiosperm flower, consisting of three parts: the ovary, the style, and the flower head. After pollination, the style and flower head wilt or fall off, but the ovary develops and becomes a fruit. The pistil is made up of carpels that are homologous to the megasporophylls of heterosporous ferns (Selaginella arborescens) and gymnosperms (Cycads), and is a metamorphosis of a leaf. The pistils of the double-flowered variety of cherry blossom, Fugenzo, have reverted to green leaves. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "carpel" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…被子植物の花の雌性器官で,子房,花柱,花頭の三つの部分からなり,受粉した後,花柱や花頭はしおれたり落ちたりするが,子房は発達して実となる。めしべは,異型胞子性のシダ植物(イワヒバ)や裸子植物(ソテツ)の大胞子葉と相同な心皮carpelからなっていて,葉の変態したものである。サクラの八重咲きの品種である普賢象のめしべは,先祖返りをして緑葉となっている。… ※「carpel」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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