autogamy
noun
pollination of the ovules of a flower by its own pollen; self-fertilization (opposed to allogamy).
autogamous
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a word derived from
autogamy.
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Leersia oryzoides was for a long time thought to produce only cleistogamic and therefore autogamous flowers.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
