Consequences of achene biomass, within-achene allocation patterns, and pappus on germination in ray and disc achenes of Aster umbellatus var. umbellatus (Asteraceae)

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 426-433

  Chmielewski, Jerry G ^a  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aster; Germination; Within achene allocation patterns

Indexed keywords

ACHENE; BIOMASS; DIMORPHISM; FLOWERING; GERMINATION; PAPPUS; PLANT VARIETY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PRODUCTION;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

GERMINATION; HETEROMORPHISM;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ASTER UMBELLATUS;

EID: 0033503250     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b98-230     Document Type: Article

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