From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Whitelegge
Date:
28 Apr 1878
Source of text:
Mitchell Library, Sydney (MLMSS 5833)
Summary:
Has not studied Geum, but suppression of one sex is not rare in plants.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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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.
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.