Fruit-set and seed weight variation in Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. vulgaris (Fabaceae)

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 201, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 139-148

  Navarro, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fabaceae, Anthyllis vulneraria; Fruit set, seed weight variation, resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ANTHYLLIS VULNERARIA; FABACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0029804044     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00989057     Document Type: Article

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