entomophilous
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All the species hitherto mentioned which produce cleistogamic flowers are entomophilous; but four genera, Juncus, Hordeum, Cryptostachys, and Leersia are anemophilous.
From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles
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 Darwin, Charles
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 Darwin, Charles
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 Darwin, Charles
There must also have been a period when winged insects did not exist, and plants would not then have been rendered entomophilous.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles
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