Apomixis
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In botany, apomixis is asexual development of seed or embryo without fertilization.
Vegetative apomixis in Poa bulbosa; bulbils form instead of flowers
Caribbean agave producing plantlets on the old flower stem.
Taraxacum
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Taraxacum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae which consists of species commonly known as dandelions. The scientific and hobby study of the genus is known as taraxacology. The genu
Apomixis
…shadbush), Sorbus (rowans and whitebeams), Rubus (brambles or blackberries), Poa (meadow grasses), Nardus stricta (matgrass), Hieracium (hawkweeds) and Taraxacum (dandelions). Apomixis is reported to occur in about 10% of globally extant ferns. Among polystichoid ferns, apomixis evolved several times independently…
Dandelion Flower
Taraxacum Officinale Seed
Dandelion bilobed stigma bearing pollen
Two stages in the life cycle of a common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) – flower head and seed head