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.
Gynodioecism in Ranunculus acris.
Will use TW’s case of gynodioecious Ranunculus if he prints a new edition of Forms of flowers.
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.
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.