ANDROMONOECY IN GLOSSONEMA-VARIANS (STOCKS) HOOK F (ASCLEPIADACEAE)

Andromonoecy is being reported for the first time in Glossonema varian s (Stocks) Hook.f, and in the family Asclepiadaceae. Each inflorescenc e has 2 perfect and 2-6 male flowers. Both type of flowers have simila r qualitative characters. However, perfect flowers can easily be recog nized due to relatively large size of their component parts, trullate corona lobes, corpusculum partially covered by anther flap, presence o f stigmatic chambers, anther wings, normal styles and ovaries and male flowers on the basis of relatively smaller size of their component pa rts, obtrullate corona lobes, corpusculum not covered by anther flap, rudimentary styles and ovaries, absence of stigmatic chambers and anth er wings.