Monoecious angiosperms have male (staminate) and female (pistillate)
flowers on the same plant, so would have imperfect flowers. The
terminology is a bit inconsistent because there is no common term for a
plant with perfect flowers to go with staminate plant, pistillate plant,
dioecious plant, and monoecious plant, which are commonly used terms.
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David R. Hershey
Snail mail: 6700 Belcrest Road #112, Hyattsville, MD 20782-1340
Adjunct Professor, Biology/Horticulture Department
Prince George's Community College, Largo, MD 20772-2199
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On 18 Nov 1996, Scott Shumway wrote:
> If dioecious plants have male and female flowers on separate plants and
> monoecious plants have male and female flowers on the same plants, then are
> plants with perfect flowers also considered to be monoecious? My
> impression is that the answer is "no", but I have never been able to figure
> out WHY. Can someone straighten me out? Thank you.
>> Scott Shumway
> Dept. of Biology
> Wheaton College
> Norton, MA 02766
> 508-286-3945
> "Scott_Shumway at WheatonMa.edu"
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