Chasmogamy
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300px|thumb|Chasmogamous (a) and cleistogamous (b) flowers of Viola pubescens. Arrows point to structure.
Chasmogamy is the type of plant reproduction in which the flowers open up, enabling cross-pollination. This is in contrast to cleistogamy, in which the flowers stay closed and self-pollinate.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chasmogamy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.