Pollination ecology of Aconitum gymnandrum (Ranunculaceae) at two sites with different altitudes

Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 362-370

  Zhang, Ting Feng ^a,b   Duan, Yuan Wen ^a,b   Liu, Jian Quan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aconitum gymnandrum; Breeding system; Bumblebee; Dichogamy; Herkogamy; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM; ACONITUM GYMNANDRUM; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 33845274551     PISSN: 05291526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/aps050146     Document Type: Article

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