clistogamy

English

clistogamy (uncountable)

Alternative form of cleistogamy
- 1902, The Kansas University Science Bulletin - Volume 1, Issues 1-4, page 23:
  The stamens do not dehisce until after the flower has opened, nor does the stigma come in contact with the tip of the anther in the bud ; thus, clistogamy would be out of the question.
- 2007, E. V. Nybe, Spices, →ISBN, page 47:
  Accessions having multiple branching panicles, compound panicles, terminal panicles, pink coloured tillers, narrow leaves, and clones characterized with asexuality, female sterility and clistogamy are a few of the variants noticed in the germplasm maintained at various centres.