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[Taxacom] monoecious/dioecious in plant descriptions

Curtis Clark lists at curtisclark.org
Mon Dec 5 11:04:55 CST 2011


On 12/5/2011 3:38 AM, Mary Barkworth wrote:
> Personally, I prefer using unisexual and bisexual at the appropriate level.

Although I understand the rationale, and have read the arguments on both 
sides, I've spent decades trying to get undergraduates to understand 
seed plant sex, and it still bothers me to use those terms for sporophytes.

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