Leaky dioecy in Diospyros (Ebenaceae) endemic to the Island of Mauritius

Plant Ecology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 139-146

  Venkatasamy, Shadila ^a   Khittoo, Govindranathsing ^a   Keeley, Sterling ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Ebony; Mascarene archipelago; Mauritius; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; DIOECY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; SEX RATIO; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS;

DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS LEUCOMELAS; EBENACEAE; TESSELLARIA;

EID: 34250615526     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9171-y     Document Type: Article

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