Reproductive biology and pollination ecology of the rare Yellowstone Park endemic Abronia ammophila (Nyctaginaceae)

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-84

  Saunders, N Elizabeth ^a   Sipes, Sedonia D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autogamy; Breeding system; Moth pollination; Nyctaginaceae; Rare plant

Indexed keywords

ABRONIA (ANGIOSPERM); ABRONIA AMMOPHILA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; NYCTAGINACEAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33745497878     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2006.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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