Delayed autonomous self-pollination in the colonizer Crotalaria micans (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae): Structural and functional aspects

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 239, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 15-28

  Etcheverry, Angela V ^a   Protomastro, Jorge J ^c   Westerkamp, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Crotalaria micans Link. Colonizer; Delayed selfing; Facultative xenogamy; Papilionoideae; Pollination; Secondary pollen presentation

Indexed keywords

CROTALARIA MICANS; FABACEAE; PAPILIONOIDEAE;

EID: 0043206137     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-002-0244-7     Document Type: Article

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