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MONOICOUS [2 records]

Record 1 2012-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Mosses and Related Plants
CONT

Mosses are either dioicous, i. e., bearing androecia and gynoecia on separate gametophytes, or monoicous, bearing both sexes on a single gametophyte.

OBS

There are several different kinds of monoicous arrangements, depending on the relative positions of the antheridia and archegonia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Mousses et plantes apparentées
DEF

Se dit d'une espèce dont les anthéridies et les archégones se trouvent sur lemême individu.

OBS

Les plantes autoïques, synoïques, paroïques et polyoïques sont toutes monoïques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Botany
  • Mosses and Related Plants
CONT

There are several different kinds of monoicous arrangements, depending on the relative positions of the antheridia and archegonia. In autoicous arrangements, there are separate androecia and gynoecia on the same plant, often on separate branches(cladautoicous), while in both synoicous and paroicous arrangements antheridia and archegonia occur in a single inflorescence, either intermixed within the same cluster(synoicous), or in separate clusters in different leaf axils(paroicous).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Botanique
  • Mousses et plantes apparentées
OBS

[Se dit d'une espèce dont les] anthéridies et les archégones sont mêlés dans un même réceptacle.

Spanish

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