Question

Staminate flowers produce:
a. Eggs
b. Antherozoids
c. Fruits
d. All of the above

Answer 1

We all know that the male reproductive part of the flower is known as the androecium. It mainly comprises stamens. The stamens have two parts; the stalk or the filament and the anthers which are lobed structures inside which the pollen grains are produced.

Complete answer:
Stamens are the parts of the male reproductive system in the angiosperms. Staminate flowers are those flowers which bear only the stamens. They do not contain the female reproductive system or the carpels. Such flowers are also called dioecious.

Dioecious flowers contain either the male reproductive system i.e the stamens or the female reproductive system i.e the carpels in a single flower. On the other hand monoecious flowers are those flowers which contain both the male and female reproductive parts on the same flower. These flowers are also known as hermaphrodites.

Further, a pistillate flower is the flower which bears only the pistils or the female reproductive parts on the flowers. Fruit is a ripened ovary. While egg cells are produced inside the ovary. These egg cells are fertilized by the pollen to produce the zygote.

The pollen grains are produced inside the stamens. Pollen grains are also known as the antherozoids.
Hence, the correct answer is option ().

Note: Male gametes or the pollens or the antherozoids are produced inside the antheridium. In an androecium, one or more than one such haploid structures (the antheridia) are present. They are responsible for giving rise to the antherozoids.