Floral phenology and sex expression in functionally monoecious Rhoiptelea chiliantha (Rhoipteleaceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-151

  Sun, Shi Guo ^a,b   Lu, Yang ^a   Huang, Shuang Quan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asynchrony; Floral traits; Gynomonoecy; Neuter phase; Protogyny; Sexual systems; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION; TREE; WIND;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; RHOIPTELEA CHILIANTHA; RHOIPTELEACEAE;

EID: 33749003102     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2006.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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