Adaptive significance of flexistyly in Alpinia blepharocalyx (Zingiberaceae): A hand-pollination experiment

Annals of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 661-666

  Sun, Shan ^a   Gao, Jiang Yun ^b   Liao, Wan Jin ^a   Li, Qing Jun ^b   Zhang, Da Yong ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpinia; Flexistyly; Heterodichogamy; Pollen competition; Self pollination; Sexual interference

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; MORPHOLOGY; OUTCROSSING; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ALPINIA; ALPINIA BLEPHAROCALYX; ZINGIBERACEAE;

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ALPINIA; ARTICLE; FERTILIZATION; FLOWER; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; ALPINIA; FERTILIZATION; FLOWERS; GENETIC MARKERS; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34249935894     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl292     Document Type: Article

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