monoecious
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Having the sexes united in one individual, as when male and female flowers grow upon the same individual plant; hermaphrodite; -- opposed to dioecious.
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However, sativa strains often produce monoecious individuals, probably as a result of inbreeding.
ISBN 1-56022-872-5 Subdioecy (the occurrence of monoecious individuals and dioecious individuals within the same population) is widespread. citation citation citation Many populations have been described as sexually labile.
Male and female flowers of the hop plant usually develop on separate plants (that is, the plant is dioecious ), although fertile monoecious individuals appear occasionally.
Notably, there is no clear split between dioecious and monoecious lineages.
One of the two sections of Pharmacosycea, a monoecious group, form a monophyletic clade basal to the rest of the genus, which includes the other section of Pharmacosycea, the rest of the monoecious species, and all of the dioecious species.
Dioecious varieties are also preferred for textile fiber production, whereas monoecious varieties are preferred for pulp and paper production.