Monandrous
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In botanical terms, monandrous simply means to have a single stamen.
[edit] In orchids
A distinction between monandrous and other flowers is particularly relevant in the classification of orchids. The monandrous orchids form a clade[1] consisting of the subfamilies Orchidoideae, Vanilloideae, and Epidendroideae.[2] The other subfamilies, Apostasioideae and Cypripedioideae, have at least two stamens.
[edit] References
- ^ John V. Freudenstein and Finn N. Rasmussen (1999). "What does morphology tell us about orchid relationships?—a cladistic analysis". American Journal of Botany (Botanical Society of America) 86 (2): 225–248. doi:10.2307/2656939. JSTOR 2656939. PMID 21680361. http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/86/2/225.
- ^ Kenneth M. Cameron et al. (1999). "A phylogenetic analysis of the Orchidaceae: evidence from rbcL nucleotide sequences". American Journal of Botany (Botanical Society of America) 86 (2): 208–224. doi:10.2307/2656938. JSTOR 2656938. PMID 21680360. http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/86/2/208.
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