Woody Plants of the Southeastern United States: A Field Botany Course on CD is now available from Missouri Botanical Garden Press. I hope you will agree with me that it is the best way to learn plant identification, short of a course in field botany

 
 


Ovary cross section of Canna carnea (Cannaceae)
Paired flowers of Calathea dressleri (Marantaceae).
Cincinnus of Heliconia latispatha (Heliconiaceae)
Heliconia rostrata (Heliconiaceae)
Ovary cross section of Monocostus uniflorus (Costaceae)
Cincinnus of Phenakospermum guyannense (Strelitziaceae)

 
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Heliconia latispatha



Musa velutina
inflorescence apex



Scaphochlamys kunstleri corss section of a mature ovary