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Kobe University

Figure 2

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An <i>Apostasia nipponica</i> plant flowering in the wild on Yakushima Island, Japan. Although most orchids have specialized labellum, stamens and pistil fused into a gynostemium and pollen rains unified into pollinia, <i>Apostasia</i> has solanum-type flower with a relatively simple gynostemium with anthers that contain powdery pollen grains.

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