Reproductive conflicts of Palicourea padifolia (Rubiaceae) a distylous shrub of a tropical cloud forest in Mexico

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 219, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 225-241

  Contreras, Paola Sabina ^a   Ornelas, Juan Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Herkogamy; Hummingbirds; Palicourea padifolia; Pollination; Rubiaceae; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

DIMORPHISM; FLOWERING; FRUIT; HERKOGAMY; HETEROSTYLY; INFERTILITY; MEXICO; NECTAR; POLLEN GRAIN; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; TROPICS;

COROLLA; PALICOUREA PADIFOLIA; RUBIACEAE; TROCHILIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033394263     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00985581     Document Type: Article

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