The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species

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The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species is an 1877 scientific book by Charles Darwin that investigates how variations in flower structure within a single plant species influence reproduction and evolution.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
non-fiction book
scientific book
associatedWithScientist Charles Darwin
author Charles Darwin
belongsTo Darwin's works on plant reproduction
contributesTo theory of natural selection
understanding of plant sexual systems
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
examines adaptive significance of floral polymorphism
relationship between floral form and reproductive success
field botany
evolutionary biology
plant biology
focusesOn cross-pollination mechanisms
effects of floral variation on fertilisation
self-incompatibility
variations in flower structure within a single species
follows The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom
genre botany literature
scientific literature
hasAuthorRole Charles Darwin
hasCreator Charles Darwin
hasTitle The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
influenced later research on plant reproductive biology
studies of floral polymorphism
isAbout evolutionary implications of flower form diversity
how floral variation within a species affects reproduction
language English
mainSubject dimorphism in flowers
evolution
flower morphology
heterostyly
plant reproduction
polymorphism in flowers
trimorphism in flowers
notableFor detailed experimental studies on heterostylous plants
linking floral morphology to evolutionary fitness
originalPublicationMedium print
partOf Charles Darwin's later botanical works
precedes The Power of Movement in Plants
publicationCentury 19th century
publicationYear 1877
publisher John Murray


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