entomophilous
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A vestige of this early state of things is likewise shown by some other groups of plants which are anemophilous, as these on the whole stand lower in the scale than entomophilous species.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
If this view is correct, plants must have been rendered hermaphrodites at a later though still very early period, and entomophilous at a yet later period, namely, after the development of winged insects.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
The larger proportion of entomophilous genera in this latter class is probably the indirect result of insects having the power of carrying pollen to another and sometimes distant plant much more securely than the wind.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
Although the number of anemophilous species is small, as the author just quoted remarks, the number of individuals is large in comparison with that of entomophilous species.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
Delpino states that this plant presents in Italy three forms, which graduate from an anemophilous into an entomophilous condition.
From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin
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