Effects of sequential pollination on the success of 'fast' and 'slow' pollen donors in Hibiscus moscheutos (Malvaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1656-1659

  Snow, Allison A ^a   Spira, Timothy P ^b   Liu, Hong ^b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozyme marker; Hibiscus; Male fitness; Malvaceae; Pollen tube competition; Pollination; Timing of pollen deposition

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

ANIMALIA; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS MOSCHEUTOS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE;

EID: 0033666945     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656742     Document Type: Article

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