Floral structure, breeding system and fruit-set in the threatened sub-shrub Tetratheca juncea Smith (Tremandraceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 771-777

  Gross, C L ^a   Bartier, F V ^b   Mulligan, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Plant size; Population size; Poricidal anthers; Range decline; Reproductive success; Tetratheca juncea; Threatened species; Tremandraceae

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLORAL TRAIT; POPULATION SIZE; RANGE SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SHRUB;

ELAEOCARPACEAE; TETRATHECA;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOWER; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED;

ANGIOSPERMS; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FLOWERS; GERMINATION; SEEDS;

EID: 1542443493     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcg201     Document Type: Article

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