Autogamy vs. Geitonogamy

Autogamynoun

Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.

Autogamynoun

Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.

Autogamynoun

self-fertilization in plants

Autogamy

Autogamy, or self-fertilization, refers to the fusion of two gametes that come from one individual. Autogamy is predominantly observed in the form of self-pollination, a reproductive mechanism employed by many flowering plants.

Geitonogamynoun

(botany) Transfer of pollen grains from the anther of a flower to the stigma of another flower of the same plant.

Geitonogamynoun

Fertilization of flowers by pollen from other flowers on the same plant.

Geitonogamy

Geitonogamy (from Greek geiton (γείτων) = neighbor + gamein (γαμεῖν) = to marry) is a type of self-pollination. Geitonogamous pollination is sometimes distinguished from the fertilizations that can result from it, geitonogamy.