monoecious

(verb)

having the male (stamen) and female (carpel) reproductive organs on the same plant rather than on separate plants

Related Terms

Examples of monoecious in the following topics:

  • Life Cycle of a Conifer

    • Conifers are monoecious plants that produce both male and female cones, each making the necessary gametes used for fertilization.
    • Therefore, they are monoecious plants.

  • Sexual Reproduction in Angiosperms

    • ., corn or peas), the species is called monoecious (meaning "one home").

  • Phylum Nematoda

    • Nematodes employ a variety of reproductive strategies that range from monoecious to dioecious to parthenogenic, depending upon the species under consideration.
    • C. elegans is a monoecious species, having development of ova contained in a uterus as well as sperm contained in the spermatheca.

  • Physiological Processes in Sponges

    • Sponges are monoecious (hermaphroditic), which means that one individual can produce both gametes (eggs and sperm) simultaneously.

  • Phylum Platyhelminthes

    • In addition, most flatworm species are monoecious; typically, fertilization is internal.

  • Phylum Annelida

    • Annelids may be either monoecious, with permanent gonads (as in earthworms and leeches), or dioecious, with temporary or seasonal gonads that develop (as in polychaetes).

  • The Life Cycle of an Angiosperm

    • Some species of angiosperms are hermaphroditic (stamens and pistils are contained on a single flower), some species are monoecious (stamens and pistils occur on separate flowers, but the same plant), and some are dioecious (staminate and pistillate flowers occur on separate plants).