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feminine |
= female |
reproduction |
|
Of the sex that produces megaspores and ova. |
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trioecious |
|
reproduction |
taxon |
Having some flowers or spikelets functionally unisexual and some bisexual, some plants having only staminate or only pistillate types, other plants having only bisexual types. |
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aposporous |
< apomictic, asexual |
reproduction |
taxon, plant |
Producing new gametophytes from the sporophytes asexually, without intervening meiosis (or spores). |
|
synoecious |
= monoclinous |
reproduction |
taxon |
Having all flowers functionally bisexual; this condition is implied by default if no other is specified. See also diclinous. |
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fertile |
|
reproduction |
plant, reproductive structure |
Producing functional spores, gametes, pollen, ovules, seeds, or other propagules. |
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homogamous 2 |
|
reproduction |
plant, inflorescence |
Having flowers that do not differ in sexual constitution. |
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dioecious |
< diclinous |
reproduction |
taxon |
Having all flowers or spikelets functionally unisexual, each plant having only staminate or only pistillate types. See also monoecious. |
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viviparous |
|
reproduction |
|
Producing sexually or asexually generated offspring that begin growth and development while borne upon the parent plant. |
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hapaxanthic |
= monocarpic |
reproduction |
plant |
Normally reproducing sexually only once, then promptly senescent. |
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homosporous |
|
reproduction |
taxon |
Producing only one type of spore, each spore giving rise to a gametophyte that bears gametangia of both sexual types. |
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agamospermous |
< apomictic, asexual |
reproduction |
taxon, plant |
Producing viable embryos (in seeds) asexually. |
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idiogamous |
= autogamous, automictic, self-fertilizing, selfing; > geitonogamous |
reproduction |
taxon |
Having fertilization regularly involving gametes derived from the same plant. |
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leptosporangiate |
|
reproduction |
|
Having relatively small sporangia each of which develops from a single initial cell that, by periclinal division, gives rise to an outer and an inner cell, the former then giving rise to the entire sporangium, including contents and sporangiophore, the latter contributing nothing to it; in some Polypodiophyta. |
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unisexual |
|
reproduction |
|
Having functional reproductive structures of only one sex. See also imperfect, pistillate, staminate. |
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entomophilous |
= insect-pollinated |
reproduction |
plant, strobilus, flower |
Having the pollen normally transported between strobili or flowers by insects. |
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androdioecious |
|
reproduction |
taxon |
Having some plants with only bisexual flowers and others only staminate ones. |
|
hermaphroditic |
= bisexual |
reproduction |
|
Having functional reproductive structures of both sexes. See also perfect. |
|
asexual |
= apomictic; > agamospermous, apogamous, aposporous, vegetative |
reproduction |
taxon, plant |
Producing new plants by means not involving meiosis or fertilization. |
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masculine |
= male |
reproduction |
|
Of the sex that produces microspores and sperm. |
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xenogamous |
= allogamous, allomictic, cross-fertilizing, exogamous |
reproduction |
taxon |
Having fertilization regularly involving gametes derived from different plants. |
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androgynecandrous |
|
reproduction |
taxon |
Monoecious, each inflorescence having distal and proximal sectors with only staminate flowers and between them a central sector with only pistillate ones. |
|
thermocleistogamous |
|
reproduction |
flower |
Normally chasmogamous but facultatively cleistogamous during periods of lower-than-normal temperature. |
|
xerocleistogamous |
|
reproduction |
flower |
Normally chasmogamous but facultatively cleistogamous during drier than normal periods. |
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androgynous |
|
reproduction |
taxon |
Monoecious, each inflorescence having a distal sector with only staminate flowers and a proximal sector with only pistillate ones. |
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andromonoecious |
|
reproduction |
taxon |
Having all plants with both bisexual flowers and staminate ones. |
