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Gender and Sexual Dimorphism in Flowering Plants: A review of Terminology, Biogeographic Patterns, Ecological Correlates, and Phylogenetic Approaches

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Gender and Sexual Dimorphism in Flowering Plants

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Since Darwin’s time and the publication of The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species (1877), there has been continuing interest in understanding the complex but fundamental biological processes of sexual reproduction in general, gender and sexual dimorphism in plants in particular, and why “hermaphrodite plants should ever have been rendered dioecious” (Darwin 1877). Patterns of association between dioecy (separate male and female plants) and ecological traits that might explain the evolution of dioecy have been examined in several floras and these studies have made biogeographic patterns of dioecy and other plant breeding systems better known. The importance of a phylogenetic approach in assessing the cause of gender and sexual dimorphism in plants also has been recognized, and in some circumstances phylogenetic approaches have clarified patterns of breeding system diversity. With the continued interest in the evolution of gender and sexual dimorphism in plants and with contributions from a number of disciplines, the terminology associated with this area has become increasingly difficult. In this chapter we discuss the terminology associated with gender and sexual dimorphism, review the biogeographic patterns and ecological correlates of sexual dimorphism, and discuss the importance of phylogenetic considerations in the evolution of gender and sexual dimorphism in plants.

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Sakai, A.K., Weller, S.G. (1999). Gender and Sexual Dimorphism in Flowering Plants: A review of Terminology, Biogeographic Patterns, Ecological Correlates, and Phylogenetic Approaches. In: Geber, M.A., Dawson, T.E., Delph, L.F. (eds) Gender and Sexual Dimorphism in Flowering Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03908-3_1

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  • Online ISBN: 978-3-662-03908-3

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

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