Is the threshold size for flowering in Cynoglossum officinale fixed or dependent on environment?

New Phytologist

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 489-496

  De Jong, Tom J ^a   Goosen De Roo, Leentje ^a   Klinkhamer, Peter G L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cynoglossum officinale L.; Initiation of flowering; Life history theory; Plasticity; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; HOUNDSTONGUE; PLANT SIZE; VERNALIZATION;

CYNOGLOSSUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 0031896834     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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