The mechanism of pollination in Platycladus orientalis and Thuja occidentals (Cupressaceae)

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 130-132

  Xing, Shu Ping ^a   Zhang, Quan ^a   Hu, Yu Xi ^a   Chen, Zu Keng ^a   Lin, Jin Xing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Platycladus orientalis; Pollen capture; Pollination drop; Pollination mechanism; Thuja occidentalis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012107985     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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