"Dioeciousness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... species is highly important for the vigour and fertility of the offspring. The same end is gained by dichogamy or the maturation of the reproductive elements of the same flower at different periods,—by dioeciousness—self-sterility—the prepotency of pollen from another individual over a plant's own pollen,—and lastly, by the structure of the flower in relation to the visits of insects. The wonderful diversity of the means for gaining ...
— The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species • Charles Darwin |
