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From: Floral biology, breeding system and pollination ecology of an endangered tree Tetracentron sinense Oliv. (Trochodendraceae)

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Flowering dynamics of T. sinense . A-B: flower buds with closed sepals; C: sepals gradually opened to form a rectangular split; D: stamens on the right and left of the flower were showing, and four green styles gathered together and became erect; E: the styles gradually elongated and became recurved; F-G: the stamens began to elongate with the elongation of the styles, and gradually became greenish yellow; H: the styles reflexed to an angle of 90˚ when its color was light brown; I-J: the stamens on the right and left of the flowers finished elongation and were positioned higher than the stigmas, and then their anther dehisced; K: the stamens on the upper and lower elongated gradually; L: the stamens on the upper and lower were positioned higher than stigmas, and then dehisced.

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