As nouns the difference between stamen and carpel

is that stamen is {{cx|botany|lang=en}} In flowering plants, the structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament while carpel is one of the individual female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, although some flowers have carpels without a distinct style. In origin, carpels are leaves (megasporophylls) that have evolved to enclose the ovules. The term pistil is sometimes used to refer to a single carpel or to several carpels fused together.