(prəʊˈtɒdʒɪnəs) or proterogynous (ˌprəʊtəˈrɒdʒɪnəs)
adjective
(of plants and hermaphrodite animals) producing female gametes before male ones
Compare protandrous
Derived forms
protogyny (proˈtogyny)
noun
Examples of 'protogynous' in a sentence
protogynous
Results showed that the flowers are pollinated by small diurnal nitidulid beetles and are protogynous.
Chun-Chiu Pang, Tanya Scharaschkin, Yvonne C. F. Su, Richard M. K. Saunders 2013, 'Functional Monoecy Due to Delayed Anther Dehiscence: A Novel Mechanism in Pseuduvariamulgraveana (Annonaceae)', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0059951. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All studied species have diurnal, two-day lasting, protogynous anthesis; several species have thermogenic flowers.
Gerhard Gottsberger 2016, 'The reproductive biology of the early-divergent genus Anaxagorea (Annonaceae), andits significance for the evolutionary development of the family', Acta Botânica Brasílicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062016005001103&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Flowering periods of evaluated cultivars were determined as homogamous, protandrous, partially protandrous and partially protogynous.
Senay Karabıyık, Sinan Eti 2018, 'Determination of Flowering Dates and Pollen Properties of Some Pecan Nut Cultivarsin Adana Ecological Conditions', Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technologyhttp://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/2112. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The life span of protogynous flowers was about 4-5 days.
Małgorzata Bożek, Justyna Wieniarska 2012, 'Blooming biology and sugar efficiency of two cultivars of Lonicera kamtschatica (Sevast.)Pojark.', Acta Agrobotanicahttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/aa/article/view/1801. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)