A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

hermaphroditic, hermaphrodite (adj.), “with the stamens and pistils in the same flower” (Fernald 1950) [> L. hermaphroditus,-a,-um (adj.A) having the characters of both sexes” (Jackson): bisexualis,-e (adj.B); hermaphroditus,-a,-um (adj.A); teleianthus,-a,-um (adj.A), roughly monoicous or autoicous; see perfect; see homogamous;

- flores hermaphroditi unisexuales vel polygami, flowers hermaphrodite unisexual or polygamous (Stearn).

- quoque axe secundario flores hermaphroditos atque axes tertiarios floribus staminatis praeditos gerente (B&H), with each secondary axis bearing flowers hermaphroditic and also [bearing] tertiary axes provided with staminate flowers.

- floribus pedunculatis hermaphroditis hexandris, femineisque mixtis (Swartz), with the hermaphrodite flowers pedunculate, 6-stamened, and mingled with the female [sc. flowers].

- flores hermaphroditi & masculi in distinctis individuis; sanguinei (Swartz), the hermaphrodite flowers and masculine in separate individuals; blood-red.

- carpella in generibus polygamis saepius 3, in hermaphroditis solitaria. (B&H), the carpels in polygamous genera more often 3, in hermaphrodite [sc. genera] solitary [i.e. one].

- flores hermaphroditi v. rarius unisexuales (B&H), the flowers hermaphrodite or more rarely unisexual [i.e. having only stamens or pistils in a flower].

- flores hermaphroditi, regulares, v. in Fumarieis irregulares (B&H), the flowers hermaphrodite, regular [i.e. radially symmetric] or in Fumarieae irregular [i.e. not symmetrical].

- flores mediocres, hermaphroditi inter masculos numerosos saepius pauci (B&H), flowers moderate, the hermaphrodite ones more often few among the numerous male ones.

- flores hermaphroditi v. rarius abortu unisexuales(B&H), flowers hermaphrodite or more rarely unisexual by abortion.

- flores regulares, hermaphroditi v. rarius diclines (B&H), the flowers actinomorphic, hermaphrodite or more rarely imperfect.

- flores diclines v. polygami, rarius hermaphroditi, regulares (B&H), the flowers diclinous [ i.e. imperfect] or polygamous, more rarely hermaphrodite.

- pappo florum foemineorum nullo, hermaphroditorum e squamellis 9-11 oblongo-cuneatis constante (F. Mueller), with the pappus of the female flowers none, of the hermaphrodite [flowers] composed of 9-11 oblong-cuneate squamellas.

Sida hermaphrodita (L.) Rusby ("Linnaeus originally contrasting it [the species] with Napaea dioica)" (Fernald 1950).

NOTE: Radford et al. designate ‘perfect or bisexual’ for the individual flower, and ‘hermaphroditic or monoclinous’ for plants that have all their flowers perfect; see sex (plant); teleianthus, according to Jackson, is the same as ‘hermaphroditic or monoclinous.’