詞彙 Glossary

不孕花 Sterile flower

不孕花指種子植物中的雌蕊和雄蕊完全退化消失,或由於發育不完全,不能結出種子的花。在香港,洋紫荊為不育樹,其花不能生產種子,所以所有洋紫荊都是由同一棵洋紫荊母樹以無性繁殖方法(如嫁接法)產生的後代。

Sterile flower is flower that cannot produce seeds because stamens and pistils of seed plants are completely degenerated or underdeveloped. In Hong Kong, Bauhinia x blakeana is a sterile tree whose flowers cannot produce seeds, so all Bauhinia x blakeana are offsprings from the same mother tree by asexual reproduction methods, such as grafting.