Reproductive phenology and seed development of Gentianella caucasea in different habitats in the Central Caucasus

Flora

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-168

  Akhalkatsi, Maja ^a   Wagner, Johanna ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Embryology; Gentianella caucasea; Grassland management; Mountain plants; Phenology; Seed development

Indexed keywords

GENTIANELLA; GENTIANELLA CAUCASEA; OVIS ARIES; GENTIANACEAE;

REPRODUCTIVE PHENOLOGY; SEED DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA, CAUCASUS; EUROPE, CAUCASUS;

EID: 0030468409     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-2530(17)30708-9     Document Type: Article

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