Cytology and mating systems in the climbing Cacti Hylocereus and Selenicereus

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1058-1065

  Lichtenzveig, Judith ^a,b   Abbo, Shahal ^b   Nerd, Avinoam ^a   Tel Zur, Noemi ^a   Mizrahi, Yosef ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cacti; Hylocereus; Polyploidy; Selenicereus; Self incompatibility; Semi sterility; Systematics

Indexed keywords

HYLOCEREUS; HYLOCEREUS POLYRHIZUS; SELENICEREUS; SELENICEREUS MEGALANTHUS;

EID: 0343602906     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657005     Document Type: Article

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