alleryStart learning →A species bearing male and female flowers on separate plants is described as what?
AMonoecious
BDioecious
CPerfect
DComplete
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Dioecious
1. If both male and female flowers are borne on the same plant, the species is monoecious, meaning one home.
2. Corn and pea are the examples given for that arrangement.
3. Species with male and female flowers on separate plants are dioecious, meaning two homes.
4. Perfect describes a single flower carrying both an androecium and a gynoecium, so it applies to a flower rather than to a species.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 32 "Plant Reproduction", section 32.1 Reproductive Development and Structure_
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