Factors affecting germinable seed yield in Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens (Willd.) Correll and Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz (Orchidaceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 3-26

  Light, M H S ^a   MacConaill, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embryo culture; Germination polymorphism; Long term study; Pollen germination; Pollination limitation; Wasp

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; ORCHID; POLLINATION; SEED PRODUCTION;

CYPRIPEDIUM CALCEOLUS; CYPRIPEDIUM CALCEOLUS PUBESCENS; CYPRIPEDIUM PUBESCENS PUBESCENS; EPIPACTIS HELLEBORINE; LILIOPSIDA; ORCHIDACEAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0031917035     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bojl.1997.0140     Document Type: Article

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