From:
Thomas Whitelegge
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 May 1878
Source of text:
DAR 181: 92
Summary:
Gynodioecism in Ranunculus acris.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Gynodioecism in Ranunculus acris.
Gynodioecism.
Has found a few examples of Ranunculus repens with stamens reduced as in R. acris.
Has found examples of small female flowers in Stachys germanica and Ranunculus bulbosus.
Has not studied Geum, but suppression of one sex is not rare in plants.
Will use TW’s case of gynodioecious Ranunculus if he prints a new edition of Forms of flowers.
Asks TW not to send more information as CD does not expect a new edition of Forms of flowers.
TW’s Stachys case is what he calls gynodioeciousness.