Embryology, karyology, and modes of reproduction in the North American genus Boechera (Brassicaceae): A compilation of seven decades of research

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 517-534

  Dobeš, Christoph ^a   Koch, Marcus ^a   Sharbel, Timothy F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agamospermy; Boechera; Brassicaceae; Chromosome number; Embryology; Evolution; Hybridization; Karyology; Pollen; Population genetics; Speciation; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARABIS; BOECHERA; BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 33745222151     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3417/0026-6493(2007)93[517:EKAMOR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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