Geographic parthenogenesis in a tropical forest tree

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1012-1015

  Thomas, Sean C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Clusiaceae; Garcinia; Geographic parthenogenesis; Sex ratio; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

CLUSIACEAE; GARCINIA; GARCINIA SCORTECHINII;

EID: 0030864644     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446292     Document Type: Article

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