Pollination of Picea orientalis (Pinaceae): Saccus morphology governs pollen buoyancy

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 190-197

  Runions, C John ^a,b   Rensing, Kim H ^a   Takaso, Tokushiro ^a,c   Owens, John N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Picea; Pinaceae; Pollen; Pollination; Sacci

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; MORPHOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

PICEA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 0033298512     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656936     Document Type: Article

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