Contrasting seed germination patterns for intracontinental disjuncts of Heuchera (Saxifragaceae) in North America: The eastern temperate H. parviflora and western montane H. cylindrica

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1185-1192

  Hidayati, Siti N ^a,b   Walck, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BENGKULU   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Adaptive divergence; Heuchera cylindrica; Heuchera parviflora; Physiological dormancy; Saxifragaceae; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE; PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

SEED GERMINATION;

SEED;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DORMANCY; GERMINATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

HEUCHERA CYLINDRICA; HEUCHERA PARVIFLORA; SAXIFRAGACEAE;

EID: 0036880321     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b02-107     Document Type: Article

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