I am currently collecting the reproductive morphology of around 400 land plant species for my research. The information I would like to get is reproductive morphology (hermaphroditic, dioecious, monoecious, gynoecious or androecious), flower morphology (unisexual or bisexual flowers), and pollination strategies (self-pollinated, cross-pollinated or both). I have taken me a lot of time to search single by single species on Google but I have not gone so far. So, it is very helpful if there is an available database containing relevant information for searching. Please let me know if you know something that can help me.
Perhaps the TRY database could help (https://www.try-db.org/TryWeb/dp.php), see Kattge et al (2019) Article TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access
Thank you Jurgen Trautner. I went to the link that you share and realised that It is a big database of plant traits. I have tried to search for peach (Prunus persica, Accspecies ID: 44392). The result came out with a list of traits and one of the traits that I am interested in is Flower sex (TraitID 213). There is also "1" in the next column of the Flower sex trait. I have read the definition but could not understand what is "1" representing?
Dear Sang Huynh, you may use the Data Explorer of the database for more informations. For "Flower sex" the definition is: a feature of the whole plant (PO:whole plant) defining the dicliny and hermaphroditism, i.e. the spatial separation of sexes on one or several flowers (PO:flower) and/or individual plants. Formal Unit: unitless (nominal). Unfortunately several definitions for traits are under construction. There are some other traits whch touch flower sex aspects. I am not one of the responsible persons and also not a contributor to this database, but just wanted to give the hint that there is a possible source of information. Maybe you can contact one of the persons mentioned there.
Hi Sang,
You should try the database on the page of Kew - Royal Botanic Gardens (https://powo.science.kew.org). This website provides information about thousands of plants throughout the world, including reproductive morphology.
For example, here you can see the general information for genus Viscum: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30000304-2/general-information
Cheers,
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