Low selfing in a mass-flowering, endangered perennial, Eryngium alpinum L. (Apiaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 716-723

  Gaudeul, Myriam ^a,b   Till Bottraud, Irène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apiaceae; Conservation; Eryngium alpinum; Inbreeding depression; Microsatellites; Pollination; Protandry; Self incompatibility; Selfing rate

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; OUTCROSSING; POLLINATION; PROTANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

APIACEAE; APIALES; ERYNGIUM; ERYNGIUM ALPINUM;

EID: 0037500248     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.5.716     Document Type: Article

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