Pollination in Verbascum thapsus (Scrophulariaceae): The advantage of being tall

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1618-1625

  Donnelly, S E ^a   Lortie, C J ^a   Aarssen, L W ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Height; Inbreeding depression; Outcrossing; Scrophulariaceae; Seed mass; Seed set; Self compatibility; Verbascum thapsus

Indexed keywords

APICAL DOMINANCE; FLOWER VISITING; POLLINATION;

VERBASCUM THAPSUS;

EID: 0032228904     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446490     Document Type: Article

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