On the function of hermaphrodite florets in female inflorescences of Petasites japonicus (Asteraceae)

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-184

  Sakai, Satoki ^a   Suzuki, Yuka ^a   Itagaki, Tomoyuki ^a   Tsujisawa, Hisashi ^a   Makino, Takashi T ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Duration of pollinator stay; Floral attraction; Floral resemblance; Hermaphrodite floret; Pollinator visit

Indexed keywords

DIOECY; DURATION OF POLLINATOR STAY; FLORAL ATTRACTION; FLORAL RESEMBLANCE; HERMAPHRODITE FLORET; POLLINATOR VISIT;

FORESTRY;

DIOECY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWER VISITING; HERB; HERMAPHRODITE; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; STERILITY;

ANATOMY; FORESTRY; POLLINATION;

ASTERACEAE; PETASITES; PETASITES JAPONICUS;

EID: 42149154449     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B07-121     Document Type: Conference Paper

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