Question

What is Anther?

Answer 1

Hint: A flower is a reproductive structure found in flowering plants that are also known as a bloom or blossom (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). A flower's biological function is to aid reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for sperm and eggs to unite.

Complete answer:
Flowers may allow selfing (fusion of sperm and eggs from the same flower) when self-pollination occurs, or facilitate outcrossing (fusion of sperm and eggs from different individuals in a population) when cross-pollination occurs.
The sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils all make up a complete flower. An incomplete flower, on the other hand, lacks one or more of these structures.
A complete flower consists of two different parts:
Vegetative Part- petals, sepals.
Reproductive Part- Stamen, Pistil, Stigma, Style, Ovary.
The stamen is the male reproductive part of a flower. It is made up of a long tube, the filament, and a pollen-producing structure near the end. The anther is the name for this oval-shaped structure. The anther contains microsporangia, which are sac-like structures that produce pollen for pollination to take place. As a result, Microsporangia is where the spores are produced.
A stamen is made up of two parts: a filament and an anther that contains microsporangia. Anthers are usually two-lobed and are attached to the filament at the base or in the middle of the anther. The connective tissue is a sterile tissue that runs between the lobes and is an extension of the filament that contains conducting strands. On the dorsal side of the anther, it appears as an extension. The male gametophyte is contained in a pollen grain that develops from a microspore in the microsporangium.

Thus, Anther is the part of the stamen where pollen is produced.

Note:
The androecium is the collective name for a flower's stamens. In Canna species, the androecium can have as few as half a stamen (i.e. a single locule) or as many as 3,482 stamens, as seen in the saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea). The androecium in various plant species forms a wide range of patterns, some of which are quite complex.