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Embryo development in Capsella
Legend:
1 cotyledons
3 shoot meristem
4 endosperm
5 seed coat
2 radicula
English name: Shepherd's purse
Scientific name: Capsella bursa pastoris
Familia: Brassicaceae
Classis: Dicotylodones
Phylum: Angiospermae
Regnum: Plantae
Embryo at the torpedo stage of Capsella. At this stage all the tissues essential to form a plant are present: the hypocotyl - root axis with the cotyledons and the apical meristems of root and shoot.
