Floral correlations in an andromonoecious species, Commelina communis (Commelinaceae)

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 103-106

  Ushimaru, Atushi ^a,d   Itagaki, Tomoyuki ^b   Ishii, Hiroshi S ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Andromonoecy; Commelina; Floral correlation; Pollinator mediated selection

Indexed keywords

COMMELINA; COMMELINA COMMUNIS; COMMELINACEAE;

EID: 1542440505     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2003.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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