Evolution of Polaskia chichipe (Cactaceae) under domestication in the Tehuacán Valley, central Mexico: Reproductive biology

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 593-602

  Otero Arnaiz, Adriana ^a   Casas, Alejandro ^a   Bartolo, Carmen ^a   Pérez Negrón, Edgar ^a   Valiente Banuet, Alfonso ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Columnar cacti; Domestication; Mexico; Polaskia chichipe; Reproductive biology; Tehuac n Cuicatl n Valley

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; DOMESTICATION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; WILD POPULATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; TEHUACAN VALLEY;

ACCIPITRINAE; APOIDEA; CACTACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; POLASKIA CHICHIPE; SPHINGIDAE; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 0842267308     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.4.593     Document Type: Article

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