Monoecy (monoecious)
A monoecious plant. Image by S. A. Mori.
Creator(s): S. A. Mori
Description: A monoecious plant with separate male (staminate) and female (pistillate) flowers on the same tree. This is also an example of a diclinous species.
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Title
Monoecy (monoecious)
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Definition
Referring to the sexual condition of a species of plant that bears male (staminate) and (female) pistillate flowers on the same plant. This is also an example of one of the two kinds of monoclinous species. Compare with dioecious.
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