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      Pollination and Floral Ecology 

      Wind and Water: Abiotic Pollination

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      Princeton University Press

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          This chapter examines abiotic pollination via wind or water. It begins with a discussion of wind pollination or anemophily, which is a common occurrence in modern plants, especially in most gymnosperms, in the catkin-bearing angiosperm trees, and in cereals (Poaceae and Cyperaceae). Anemophily is predominantly a derived condition in angiosperms, associated with ecological conditions where zoophily is difficult. Transition from zoophily to anemophily has occurred at least sixty-five times in such circumstances. The chapter looks at wind-pollinated angiosperm and conifer flowers and goes on to consider critical factors affecting pollen movement in anemophilous plants. It concludes with an overview of hydrophily, or water pollination.

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          July 25 2011
          October 19 2017
          10.23943/princeton/9780691128610.003.0019
          cb875a06-9c12-4635-a1b4-f2da1c1b52be
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