Monoecious vs Polygamomonoecious - What's the difference?
monoecious | polygamomonoecious |
(botany) That has male and female reproductive organs on the same individual plant (rather than on separate individuals), either in different flowersHickey, M. & King, C. (2001), The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms'', Cambridge University Press or in the same or different flowersBeentje, Henk. (2010), ''The Kew Plant Glossary , Richmond, Surrey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, ISBN 978-1-84246-422-9
* 1978 , A. J. E. Smith, Cytogenetics, Biosystematics and Evolution in the Bryophyta'', H. W. Woolhouse (editor), ''Advances in Botanical Research , Volume 6,
* 1997 , LeRoy Holm, Jerry Doll, Eric Holm, Juan Pancho, James Herberger, World Weeds: Natural Histories and Distribution ,
* 1999 , Monica A. Geber, Gender and Sexual Dimorphism in Flowering Plants ,
(biology) Hermaphroditic.
(of a species population) Containing some plants that are polygamous and others that are monoecious, as for example in the case of the coconut palm.
As adjectives the difference between monoecious and polygamomonoecious
is that monoecious is (botany) that has male and female reproductive organs on the same individual plant (rather than on separate individuals), either in different flowershickey, m & king, c (2001), the cambridge illustrated glossary of botanical terms'', cambridge university press or in the same or different flowersbeentje, henk (2010), ''the kew plant glossary , richmond, surrey: royal botanic gardens, kew, isbn 978-1-84246-422-9 while polygamomonoecious is (of a species population) containing some plants that are polygamous and others that are monoecious, as for example in the case of the coconut palm.monoecious
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Alternative forms
* * moneciousAdjective
(-)page 247,
- Further, species which show continuous variation that is not amenable to orthodox taxonomic treatment, and this is the situation in many monoecious plants, are treated as invariable.
page 398,
- Recently, monoecious' plants have been found in several places in the United States. The plants of Australia are ' monoecious and dioecious.
page 70,
- Two factors are likely to allow the establishment of forms with reduced pollen output (i.e., fewer male flowers) in a monoecious population: increased seed fitness as a result of an increase in the ratio of female to male flowers, and a reduced rate of self-fertilisation.
