imperfect flower

plant anatomy

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In angiosperm: General features
…carpels, and a unisexual (or “imperfect”) flower either lacks stamens (and is called carpellate) or lacks carpels (and is called staminate). Species with both staminate flowers and carpellate flowers on the same plant (e.g., corn) are monoecious, from the Greek for “one house.” Species in which the staminate flowers are…
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