Seasonal differentiation - A conservative reproductive barrier in two grassland Gentianella (Gentianaceae) species

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 45-69

  Lennartsson, Tommy ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Evolutionary history; Flowering phenology; G. campestris; Gentianaceae; Gentianella amarella; Germination; Reproductive isolation; Seasonal differentiation; Seasonal ecotypes

Indexed keywords

GENTIANACEAE; GENTIANELLA; GENTIANELLA AMARELLA; GENTIANELLA CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0031451235     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00986082     Document Type: Article

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