Floral traits and isolation of three sympatric Aquilegia species in the Qinling Mountains, China

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 267, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 121-128

  Tang, L L ^a,b   Yu, Q ^a   Sun, J F ^a   Huang, S Q ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquilegia; Floral isolation; Geographical isolation; Pollinators; Sympatric distribution

Indexed keywords

AQUILEGIA; AQUILEGIA ECALCARATA; AQUILEGIA YABEANA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 34548608381     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-007-0574-6     Document Type: Article

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