Factors influencing seed:ovule ratios and reproductive success in four cleistogamous species: A comparison between two flower types

Plant Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 194-202

  Berg, H ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chasmogamous; Oxalis acetosella; Seed abortion; Selfing; Viola hirta; Viola mirabilis; Viola riviniana

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

MIRABILIS; OXALIS; OXALIS MONTANA; VIOLA MIRABILIS; VIOLA RIVINIANA; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 0037700216     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-40727     Document Type: Article

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