Sexual mass allocation in species with inflorescences as pollination units: A comparison between Arum italicum and Arisaema (Araceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 1-12, 2001, Pages 1781-1785

  Méndez, Marcos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accessory structures; Allometry; Araceae; Arisaema; Arum italicum; Sexual allocation; Sexual lability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000859422     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3558353     Document Type: Article

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