Relationship between floral longevity and sex allocation among flowers within inflorescences in Aquilegia buergeriana var. oxysepala (Ranunculaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1320-1327

  Itagaki, Tomoyuki ^a   Sakai, Satoki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Female phase duration; Floral longevity; Floral sex allocation; Inflorescence; Male phase duration; Ovule; Pollen grain

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; FLOWER; FLUORESCENCE; LONGEVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX ALLOCATION;

AQUILEGIA; OXYSEPALA; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 33749429577     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.93.9.1320     Document Type: Article

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