Genetic divergence among natural populations of Alstroemeria aurea D. Don: A dominant clonal herb of the understory in subalpine Nothofagus forests

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 329-336

  Souto, Cintia P ^a   Premoli, A C ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Allozyme electrophoresis; Alstroemeriaceae; Gene flow; Genetic structure; Germination; Patagonia; Seeds

Indexed keywords

ALSTROEMERIA; ALSTROEMERIA AUREA; ALSTROEMERIACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; INSECTA; NOTHOFAGUS;

EID: 0344153392     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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