Developmental assessment of sexual reproduction in Butomus umbellatus (Butomaceae): Male reproductive component

Annals of Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 449-456

  Fernando, Danilo D ^a   Cass, David D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES BAGUIO   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Butomus umbellatus; Developmental assessment; Developmental irregularities; Flowering rush; Meiotic aberrations; Pollen tube; Pollen viability; Sexual reprduction

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT; FLOWERING RUSH; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

BUTOMACEAE; BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS;

EID: 0030953358     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1997.0466     Document Type: Article

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