The evolution of distyly from tristyly in populations of Oxalis alpina (Oxalidaceae) in the Sky Islands of the Sonoran Desert

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 972-985

  Weller, Stephen G ^a   Domínguez, César A ^b   Molina Freaner, Francisco E ^c   Fornoni, Juan ^b   LeBuhn, Gretchen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distyly; Heterostyly; Illegitimate crosses; Legitimate crosses; Oxalis alpina; Self incompatibility; Sky Islands; Tristyly

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GENE EXPRESSION; HERB; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; INCOMPATIBILITY; POLLINATION; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SELECTION;

NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT;

OXALIDACEAE; OXALIS ALPINA;

EID: 34347342593     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.6.972     Document Type: Article

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