Gynomonoecy is defined as the presence of both female and hermaphrodite flowers on the same individual of a plant species.
[2] It is a monomorphic sexual system comparable with monoecy, andromonoecy and trimonoecy.
[3] This sexual system occurs in about 2.8% of flowering plants.
[8] Gynomonoecy may be an intermediate evolutionary state between monoecy and hermaphroditism.
[10] In families like Compositae or Chenopodiaceae, gynomonoecy is considered leading path to monoecy from hermaphroditism and vice versa.