Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Title: Flower of Chamerion angustifolium. Photo by C. A. Gracie.

Description: Lateral view of a flower of Chamerion angustifolium based on Mori et al. 27493 from Essex Co., New York. Note that the filaments have wilted and that the stigma seems to be receptiive, indicating that the plant is protandrous. This is one between an estimated 270,00 and 420,000 species of flowering plants (= angiosperm).

Term:

Dichogamy (dichogamous)

Definition:

Referring to a flower in which pollen is released and stigmas are receptive at different times.

Related Terms:

Protandry (protandrous)
Protogyny (protogynous)