chasmogamy การใช้

• In addition to chasmogamy and cleistogamy, many plant species possess a mixed breeding system that utilizes both chasmogamous and cleistogamous flowers.
• The principal advantage of cleistogamy is that it requires less plant resources to produce seeds than does chasmogamy because development of petals, nectar and large amounts of pollen are not required.
• The more common opposite of cleistogamy, or " closed marriage, " is called chasmogamy, or " open marriage . " Virtually all plants that produce cleistogamous flowers also produce chasmogamous ones.