Polyploidy in invasive plant species of Singapore

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-403

  Pandit, M K ^a,b   Tan, H T W ^b   Bisht, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Allopolyploidy; Non indigenous species

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; FERTILITY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT; POLLEN; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; WEED;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33745562903     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2006.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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