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Old 26-04-2003, 01:29 PM
P van Rijckevorsel
 
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Default plant reproduction

Xref: 127.0.0.1 sci.bio.botany:18769

From: "cra2"
So, if I moved a female plant, for example, to an area of the country

where no plants of the opposite sex existed, the plant could not reproduce,
correct?

Sean Houtman schreef in berichtnieuws

To pick a nit, the plant could not reproduce sexually. It could still
propagate asexually with cuttings, sprouts, rhizomes, divisions, or other
methods of spreading about.

Sean


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To pick more nits: it is debatable if the option to be propagated still is
reproduction. IIRC there is a species of Cycad of which only a 'female'
specimen is known (perhaps it is in Kew?), so as a species it is just about
extinct.
PvR