cross-pollination: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	heterogamy

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A diagram showing a bee collecting pollen from the stamen of one yellow flower, then flying to another flower of the same type and depositing pollen onto its pistil, illustrating cross-pollination in angiosperms.

Wind pollination

Hummingbird pollination

A four-spotted moth, Tyta luctuosa, rests on a white clover flower with green leaves in the background.

hand pollination

Brush up on anthers, stigmas, florets, and insects with a self- and cross-pollination guide

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protogyny protandry hybridization chasmogamy dichogamy heterostyly outbreeding cross-fertilization pollination Why are bees important?

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