Pseudogamy

Under pseudogamy (German: "sham insemination") is understood in the Botany a fertilization without gametes ( " Agamospermy "), but a pollination needs as a trigger. Pollination only provides a chemical signal that sets in motion asexual reproduction ( apomixis ).

The term was introduced by Wilhelm Olbers Focke (plant mixes 1881).

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• Peter Sitte , Elmar Weiler , Joachim W. Kadereit , Andreas Bresinsky , Christian Körner : Textbook of botany for universities . Founded by Eduard Strasburger . 35th edition. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8274-1010-X .