Floral organogenesis and floral evolution of the Lecythidoideae (Lecythidaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 716-736

  Tsou, Chih Hua ^a   Mori, Scott A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATIC BOTANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Floral evolution; Floral organogenesis; Floral symmetry; Lecythidaceae; Lecythidoideae; Monosymmetry; Pollination; Polysymmetry

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FLOWER; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYLOGENY; POLLINATION; SYMMETRY; TREE;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

APOIDEA; BERTHOLLETIA; BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA; CARINIANA; CORYTHOPHORA; COURATARI; COUROUPITA; ESCHWEILERA; GRIAS; GUSTAVIA; LECYTHIDACEAE; LECYTHIS;

EID: 34250703283     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.5.716     Document Type: Article

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