Effect of flower number on the pollinator attractiveness and the threshold plant size for flowering in Pertya triloba (Asteraceae)

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-74

  Kawarasaki, Satoko ^a   Hori, Yoshimichi ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Floral display; Floret number; Flowering plant size; Pertya triloba; Pollinator

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; CAPITULUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PERTYA; PERTYA TRILOBA;

EID: 0032997120     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-1984.1999.00008.x     Document Type: Article

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