<P> In botany, a whorl or verticil is an arrangement of sepals, petals, leaves, stipules or branches that radiate from a single point and surround or wrap around the stem . A whorl consists of at least three elements; a pair of opposite leaves is not called a whorl . </P> <P> The morphology of most Angiosperm flowers is based on four whorls: </P> <Ol> <Li> the calyx, a whorl of sepals at the base, above which are </Li> <Li> the corolla, a whorl of petals, </Li> <Li> the androecium, a whorl of stamens (each comprising a filament and an anther), and </Li> <Li> the gynoecium, a whorl of the female parts of a flower: the stigma, style and ovary . </Li> </Ol>

The whorl of a flower that consists of the female reproductive parts is the