Thus, I wonder whether classroom discussions of plant gender might, in fact, help to promote awareness of the importance of variation and diversity and to cast doubt on the validity of conventional notions of sex and gender. Keywords: bisexual; female; functional gender; gametophyte; hermaphrodite; male; metaphor; quantitative gender; sex change; sporophyte EN bisexual female functional gender gametophyte hermaphrodite male metaphor quantitative gender sex change sporophyte 1 6 6 07/19/23 20230701 NES 230701 "When we view gender as an accomplishment, an achieved property of situated conduct, our attention shifts from matters internal to the individual and focuses on interactional and, ultimately, institutional arenas. Bisexual, functional gender, female, hermaphrodite, gametophyte, metaphor, quantitative gender, sex change, male, sporophyte Distinguishing between sexes and sex roles, using the notion of gender, also helps maintain clarity in the context of the complexities of the alternation of generations between gametophyte and sporophyte generations in land plants. [Extracted from the article]