Pollen-connecting threads in gymnocalycium (cactaceae): Their origin, function, and systematic relevance

Grana

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Halbritter, Heidemarie ^a   Hesse, Michael ^a   Buchner, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLLEN-CONNECTING THREAD; POLLINATION;

CACTACEAE; GYMNOCALYCIUM;

EID: 0031284785     PISSN: 00173134     EISSN: 16512049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00173139709362583     Document Type: Article

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