dichogamous
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But I have been assured that the flowers of the prevailing Australian trees, namely, the Myrtaceae, swarm with insects, and if they are dichogamous they would be practically diclinous.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
In the 6th edition, page 79, Darwin adds, "but if most of the Australian trees are dichogamous, the same result would follow as if they bore flowers with separated sexes."
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
Plants in which proterandry or proterogyny occurs are called dichogamous.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
It is not rare to find hermaphrodite plants and others with separated sexes within the same genus; and it is common to find some of the species dichogamous and others maturing their sexual elements simultaneously.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
On the other hand, with dichogamous plants, early or late flowers on the same individual may intercross; and a cross of this kind does hardly any or no good.
From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin
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