Sex expression in the clonal gynodioecious herb Glechoma hederacea (Lamiaceae)

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1689-1698

  Widén, Marie ^a   Widén, Björn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glechoma; Gynodioecy; Partial male sterility; Sex expression

Indexed keywords

CLONE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FERTILITY; FLOWERING; GENOTYPE; HERMAPHRODITISM; ISOENZYME; MALE STERILITY; PLANT BREEDING; RAMET; SEX; SWEDEN;

CLONAL ORGANISM; GYNODIOECY; SEX ALLOCATION;

SKANE; SWEDEN;

EMBRYOPHYTA; GLECHOMA; GLECHOMA HEDERACEA; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0033511120     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-77-12-1689     Document Type: Article

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