Research has shown that a species can be either gynodioecious or self-incompatible, but very rarely is there a co-occurrence between the two.
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Nearly half of fig species are gynodioecious, and therefore have some plants with inflorescences ( syconium ) with long styled pistillate flowers, and other plants with staminate flowers mixed with short styled pistillate flowers.
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The brooding anemone ( " Epiactis prolifera " ) is gynodioecious, starting life as a female and later becoming hermaphroditic, so that populations consist of females and hermaphrodites, and all females are fertilized by hermaphrodites.
