noun
- Plural of apogamy; instances or types of asexual reproduction in plants, especially ferns and flowering plants, in which an embryo develops without fertilization.
Usage: botanical term; technical
Examples
- Some fern species reproduce through apogamies rather than spore formation.
- Apogamies allow certain plants to produce offspring genetically identical to the parent.
- The study of apogamies in flowering plants has revealed new mechanisms of plant reproduction.
- Dandelions can propagate through apogamies, creating clones of the original plant.