Microgametophytes in flowers with and without fruits of Phlox drummondii (Polemoniaceae)

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 201, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 211-221

  Plitmann, Uzi ^a   Levin, Donald A ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Microgametophytes, pollen tube numbers, fruit set; Polemoniaceae, Phlox drummondii; seed set

Indexed keywords

PHLOX DRUMMONDII; POLEMONIACEAE;

EID: 0029806104     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00989062     Document Type: Article

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