proterogynous
- a variation of protogynous.
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I may add that according to H. Muller the individuals of some few hermaphrodite plants differ in a like manner; some being proterandrous and others proterogynous.
From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles
Your view of its origin, from being proterogynous, seems to me very probable, especially as the females are generally the later-flowering plants.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
With proterogynous flowers and with depending racemes, the manner in which insects visit the flowers ought to be reversed in order that distinct plants should be intercrossed.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles
In other plants, but more rarely, the pistil is perfected before the stamens, as in Potentilla argentea, Plantago major, Coix Lachryma, and they are termed proterogynous.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
