With both bisexual and unisexual flowers on the same plant. See below for specific examples.

a. (Gr. polys, much or many; gamos, marriage) having bisexual, pistillate, and staminate flowers on the same individual plant.

having several forms of gametoecia on the same plant

Plant with perfect and imperfect flowers.

(adj.) Plants bearing both perfect and imperfect (unisexual and bisexual) flowers.

having bisexual and unisexual flowers on the same or different plants.

both perfect and unisexual flowers occur on the same individual

having having male, female and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant or on separate plants of the same species. Return to

a mating system in which both sexes mate with more than one mate

applies to individuals or species that have more than one mate at a time.

a male (or female) who may have several mates

Term to describe an animal species that pairs with or has more than one mate at a time. Most Red-winged Blackbirds are polygamous, with each male having a "harem" of females nesting within his territory. Compare with "Monogamous" and "Promiscuous."

males having more than one mate

A mating system where an individual has more than one mate per breeding season.