Variation in floral organ size depends on function: A test with Commelina communis, an andromonoecious species

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 615-622

  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; Phenotypic size variation; Pollinator mediated stabilizing selection

Indexed keywords

COMMELINA; COMMELINA COMMUNIS;

EID: 1542523346     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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