Variation in floral sex allocation in Polygonatum odoratum (Liliaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 433-440

  Guitián, Javier ^a   Medrano, Mónica ^b   Oti, José E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Functional gender; Phenotypic gender; Plant size; Polygonatum odoratum; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FLOWER; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX ALLOCATION; SPECIALIZATION;

POLYGONATUM; POLYGONATUM ODORATUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYGONATUM; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FLOWERS; PHENOTYPE; POLYGONATUM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 16544380759     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mch163     Document Type: Article

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