New Zealand Journal of Botany abstract
Letter to the Editor
The breeding system of Pennantia baylisiana (Icacinaceae)
COMMENT
Murray & de Lange (1995) suggested that, as a seedling grown from a seed of
the single known wild tree of
Pennantia baylisiana appears to have
arisen by normal sexual processes, "this must cast some doubt on the reports
that this species is dioecious and that the only wild plant is female..."
However, the description of plant gender is complicated by several factors. In
contrast to most animals, plants are permanently embryonic (i.e., they . . .
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