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Stamen

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The stamen is the male organ of a flower. Typical flowers have six stamens inside a perianth (the petals and sepals together). Each stamen consists of a thin stalk called a filament supporting an anther that contains the microsporangia. Haploid pollen — the male gamete cells of a flowering plant — are produced by the microsporangia.