Topics
- Plant Sex
- Hermaphroditic
- Monoecious
- Dioecious
- Polygamous
Notes
Plant sex:
Plant sex refers to the presence and distribution of flowers with different sexes in an individual plant.
1) Hermaphroditic: All the flowers of the plant are bisexual.
2) Monoecious: Both male and female flowers are present in the same plant Example: Coconut.
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Monoecious |
3) Dioecious: Male and Female flowers are present on separate plants. Example: Papaya, Palmyra.
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Dioecious |
4) Polygamous: The condition in which bisexual and unisexual (staminate/pistillate) flowers occur in the same plant is called polygamous. Example: Musa, Mangifera.
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Polygamous |
