Floral stages, ovule development, and ovule and fruit success in Iris tenax, focusing on var. gormanii, a taxon with low seed set

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2221-2231

  Wilson, Carol A ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Floral stages; Fruit number; Iridaceae; Iris tenax; Megagametogenesis; Pollinator limitation; Seed number

Indexed keywords

IRIDACEAE; IRIS TENAX;

EID: 0347708746     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3558384     Document Type: Article

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