Andromonoecious sex expression of flowers and pollinia delivery by insects in a Japanese milkweed Metaplexis japonica (Asclepiadaceae), with special reference to its floral morphology

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-199

  Tanaka, Hajime ^a   Hatano, Takeo ^a   Kaneko, Noriko ^a   Kawachino, Sugatako ^a   Kitamura, Osamu ^a   Suzuki, Yuriko ^a   Tada, Taeko ^a   Yaoi, Yoshihito ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Andromonoecy; Asclepiadaceae; Floral morphology; Insect pollination; Metaplexis japonica

Indexed keywords

APOCYNACEAE; ASCLEPIAS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; METAPLEXIS JAPONICA; SCOLIIDAE;

EID: 33750372797     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2006.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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