Define clistogamus with one example

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Cleistogamy is a type of self-pollination where flowers do not open, ensuring that pollination occurs within the closed flower. This guarantees seed production even in the absence of pollinators.

An example is the Viola genus (violets), which produces both chasmogamous (opening) flowers and cleistogamous (non-opening) flowers.

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