Reproductive biology of the rare biennial Gentianella germanica compared with other gentians of different life history

Acta Botanica Neerlandica

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 325-336

  Luijten, Sheila H ^a   Oostermeijer, J Gerard B ^a   Ellis Adam, Albertine C ^a   Den Nijs, Hans C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autofertility; Conservation; Gentianaceae; Life history; Marginal population; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOWERING PLANT; LIFE HISTORY; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

GENTIANELLA GERMANICA;

EID: 0031688849     PISSN: 00445983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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