Vegetative propagation and sexual reproduction in the woodland understorey pseudo-annual Circaea lutetiana L.

Plant Ecology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 211-224

  Verburg, René W ^a   During, Heinjo J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clonal plant; Development; Forest; Hibernacle; Phenology; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CLONAL PLANT; HIBERNACLE; RHIZOME; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION;

CIRCAEA LUTETIANA; ONAGRACEAE;

EID: 0031906089     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009741102627     Document Type: Article

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