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Geitonogamy
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geitonogamy [‚gīt·ən′äg·ə·mē]
(botany)
Pollination and fertilization of one flower by another on the same plant.
Geitonogamy 

cross-pollination within the same plant as a result of the transfer of pollen by insects or by the wind from one flower to another. Geitonogamy is known to occur, for instance, among carrots during their flowering when flies crawl over the entire raceme and transfer the pollen picked up on one flower to the stigma of the pistil of another. Occasionally certain plants (toadflax, for example) do not produce seeds in geitonogamy.
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According to the inbreeding avoidance hypotheses, gender-biased nectar production is an adaptation to decrease geitonogamous inbreeding through its effects on pollinator behavior.
The evolution of gender-biased nectar production in hermaphroditic ... by Carlson, Jane E.; Harms, Kyle E. / The Botanical Review
Considering the many simultaneous flowers produced by these species, the amount of nectar exuded, the hummingbird behavior, and the existence of SC, hummingbird visits likely favor geitonogamous rather than xenogamous pollen transfer.
A survey of floral traits, breeding systems, floral visitors, and ... by Bernardello, Gabriel; Anderson, Gregory J.; Stuessy, Tod F.; Crawford, Daniel J. / The Botanical Review
 
 
 
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