Q.List any two strategies adopted by bisexual flowers to prevent self-pollination.
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Step 1. Bisexual (monoclinous) flowers can still be structurally adapted to prevent self-pollination, promoting cross-pollination instead.
Step 2. Dichogamy is one such strategy, in which the anthers and stigma of the same flower mature at different times - as protandry (stamens mature first, e.g. Helianthus, Clerodendrum) or protogyny (stigma matures first, e.g. Scrophularia nodosa, Aristolochia bracteata).
Step 3. Herkogamy is a second, independent strategy, in which the stamens and stigma are physically arranged so they cannot make contact even though both mature at the same time - as in Gloriosa superba, where the style is reflexed away from the stamens, or Hibiscus, where the stigma projects far above the stamens. …
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