Severely reduced sexual reproduction in northern populations of a clonal plant, Decodon verticillatus (Lythraceae)

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 339-350

  Dorken, Marcel E ^a,b   Eckert, Christoper G ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clonal reproduction; Genotypic diversity; Peripheral populations; Pollination; Sexual sterility

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLASSHOUSE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLANT ANATOMY AND MORPHOLOGY; PLANT ECOLOGY; SEED PRODUCTION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

AQUATIC PLANT; CLONAL GROWTH; GENETIC VARIATION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

UNITED STATES;

DECODON VERTICILLATUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; LYTHRACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0034978857     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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