entomophilous
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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
There is no great difficulty in understanding how an anemophilous plant might have been rendered entomophilous.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles
The entomophilous ancestry of Pringlea is clearly shown by the occasional remnants of coloured markings in the petals, like those which in other flowers serve as finger-posts to visiting-insects, and are called nectar-guides.
From Springtime and Other Essays by Darwin, Francis, Sir
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
In the above two classes taken together there are thirty-eight anemophilous and thirty-six entomophilous genera; whereas in the great mass of hermaphrodite plants the proportion of anemophilous to entomophilous genera is extremely small.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles
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