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Ginkgo trees produce ovulate and pollen-bearing structures. These structures are dioecious, in that male and female structures come from different Ginkgo plants. [5] The pollen organs are very similar to angiospermous catkins. They come from the axils of the bud scales, and the leaves from the Ginkgo tree spur shoots. Pollen is contained in ...
The popular cultivar 'Autumn Gold' is a clone of a male plant. [citation needed] The disadvantage of male Ginkgo biloba trees is that they are highly allergenic. They have an OPALS (Ogren Plant Allergy Scale) rating of 7 (out of 10), whereas female trees, which can produce no pollen, have an OPALS allergy scale rating of 2. [64]
The flowers of Cannabis sativa plants are most often either male or female, but, only plants displaying female pistils can be or turn hermaphrodite. Males can never become hermaphrodites. [3] It is a short-day flowering plant, with staminate (male) plants usually taller and less robust than pistillate (female or male) plants.
Cannabis is predominantly dioecious, [16] [18] having imperfect flowers, with staminate "male" and pistillate "female" flowers occurring on separate plants. [19] " At a very early period the Chinese recognized the Cannabis plant as dioecious", [ 20 ] and the (c. 3rd century BCE) Erya dictionary defined xi 枲 "male Cannabis " and fu 莩 (or ju ...
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Ginkgo is a genus of non-flowering seed plants, assigned to the gymnosperms.The scientific name is also used as the English common name. The order to which the genus belongs, Ginkgoales, first appeared in the Permian, [3, and Ginkgo is now the only living genus within the order.
[5] [additional citation(s) needed] It is typically a dioecious (each individual is either male or female) annual plant. [6] [7] [8] C. sativa and C. indica generally grow tall, with some varieties reaching 4 metres or 13 feet. Female plants produce tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) (up to 31% by weight) as the season changes from summer to autumn.
Urban planting of male Ginkgo biloba in Riverside, Illinois. Botanical sexism is a term that describes the preferential planting of cloned male plants in urban areas because they do not produce fruits and flowers that litter the landscape. However, because males produce pollen, areas with only male plants can have high pollen in the air and ...