Anther opening, pollen biology and stigma receptivity in the long blooming species, Parietaria judaica L. (Urticaceae)

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 118-127

  Franchi, Gian Gabriele ^a   Nepi, Massimo ^a   Matthews, Merran L ^b   Pacini, Ettore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ballistic pollen release; Gynomonoecy; Pollen carbohydrate reserves; Pollen hydration and germination; Protogyny; Stigma receptivity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DISPERSAL; DISPERSION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; PROTOGYNY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SURVIVORSHIP; WATER CONTENT; WEED;

PARIETARIA; PARIETARIA JUDAICA; URTICACEAE;

EID: 33846933836     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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