Four kinds of modified leaves make up a complete leaves
Primary reproductive structures
- Pistil
- Stamens
Secondary Structures
- Petals
- Sepals
Pistil is the female reproductive structure; It has a stigma which through pollen tube grows; and ovary with one or more ovules.
Stamens- also vary in several ways, although not as markedly as ovaries.
Petals or Sepals- taken together form the corolla which take numerous and often beautiful forms.
If flowers is lacking anyone of the four basic parts, it is said to be incomplete. Flowers that have both stamens and pistils but lack petals or sepals are described as perfect incomplete flowers. Imperfect flowers can be either male or female. If both male and female flowers occur on the same plant , the plant is said to be monoecious; if male and female flowers are on separate plants the species is dioecious.