Structure of Seeds
"The greatest Oaks have been little Acorns."
Thomas Fuller's Gnomologia, 1732
Seeds are found in a staggering array of shapes and sizes, but the process by which seeds germinate is similar in all species.
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Abies koreana
'Korean Fir' by Roger Culos. CC BY-SA.
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Acer griseum
'Paperbark Maple' by Roger Culos. CC BY-SA.
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Wisteria floribunda
'Japanese Wisteria' by Roger Culos. CC BY-SA.
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Alsomitra macrocarpa
'Alsomitra macrocarpa seed' by Scott Zona. CC BY.
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Macrozamia communis
'BurrawangSeeds' by AYArktos. CC BY-SA.
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Strelitzia reginae
'Paradiesvogelblumensamen' by Sebastian Stabinger. CC BY-SA.
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Taraxicum officinale
'Achane of Taraxacum sect. Ruderalia' by Didier Descouens. CC BY-SA.
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Stephanotis floribunda
'Stephanotis seed' by L. Marie"/Lenore Edman, Sunnyvale, CA. CC BY.
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Phleum pratense
'Timoteegras vruchten Phleum pratense' by Rasbak. CC BY-SA.
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