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Definition of Apogamy
1. Noun. (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization.
Generic synonyms: Apomixis
Derivative terms: Apogamic, Apogamous
Definition of Apogamy
1. n. The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oöspore.
Definition of Apogamy
1. Noun. (botany) Asexual reproduction of a fully formed plant directly from a bud. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apogamy
1. a form of plant reproduction [n -MIES] : APOGAMIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Apogamy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Apogamy
Literary usage of Apogamy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"On apogamy and the Development of Sporangia upon Fern ... The two most important
deviations from the normal life-history of ferns, apogamy and apospory, ..."
2. Plant Genetics by John Merle Coulter, Merle Crowe Coulter (1918)
"CHAPTER XII PARTHENOGENESIS AND VEGETATIVE apogamy Parthenogenesis and ...
The term "apogamy" includes both, meaning the production of a sporophyte by a ..."
3. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"Examples of vegetative apogamy are afforded by some Ferns (eg Pteris eretica) "here
the sporophyte is developed as a bud upon the gametophyte; ..."
4. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1918)
"apogamy IN THE CYATHEACEAE ALMA G. STOKEY (WITH TEN FIGURES) Since the discovery
of apogamy in Pteris cretica by FARLOW (3) in 1874, it has been observed in ..."
5. An Introduction to Vegetable Physiology by Joseph Reynolds Green (1907)
"There is another kind of apogamy known, which is generally termed ... Another variety
of parthenogenesis, which resembles the apogamy of the Ferns, ..."
6. The Cell; Outlines of General Anatomy and Physiology: Outlines of General by Oscar Hertwig, Henry Johnstone Campbell (1895)
"2) has included under the name of apogamy, have a close relationship to ...
apogamy has been observed in certain Ferns ; it is well known that in the course ..."
7. The Study of the Biology of Ferns by the Collodion Method: For Advanced and by George Francis Atkinson (1894)
"Such phenomena are known as apogamy and apospory. Fig. 147. ... apogamy. — This
was first described by Farlow as occurring in Pteris eretica, ..."
8. Physiological Botany by George Lincoln Goodale (1885)
"To the abnormal budding of the prothallus and homologous structures he has given
the name apogamy. In some other cases examined, Strasburger regards the ..."
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