geitonogamy

American  

[gahyt-n-og-uh-mee] / ˌgaɪt nˈɒg ə mi /

noun

Botany.

1. pollination of a flower by pollen from another flower on the same plant.

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geitonogamy British  

/ ˌɡaɪtəˈnɒɡəmɪ /

noun

1. botany the transfer of pollen to a stigma of a different flower on the same plant

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Other Word Forms

• geitonogamous adjective

Etymology

Origin of geitonogamy

1875–80; < Greek geitono- (stem of geítōn ) neighbor + -gamy

Example Sentences

The terms xenogamy, geitonogamy, and autogamy were first suggested by Kerner in 1876; their definition will be found at page 9 of Ogle's translation of Kerner's "Flowers and their Unbidden Guests," 1878.

From Project Gutenberg

I wish that I had used some such terms as autogamy, xenogamy, etc...I entirely agree with you on the a priori probability of geitonogamy being more advantageous than autogamy; and I cannot remember having ever expressed a belief that autogamy, as a general rule, was better than geitonogamy; but the cases recorded by me seem too strong not to make me suspect that there was some unknown advantage in autogamy.

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Has this method, which is spoken of as Geitonogamy, the same influence as crossing with pollen from another plant?

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As regards the importance of this question from the point of view of the significance of cross-fertilisation in general, it may be noted that later observers have definitely discovered a difference between the results of autogamy and geitonogamy.

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Gilley and Fruwirth found that in Brassica Napus, the length and weight of the fruits as also the total weight of the seeds in a single fruit were less in the case of autogamy than in geitonogamy.

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