Adaptive significance of self-fertilization in a hermaphroditic perennial, Trillium camschatcense (Melanthiaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 482-489

  Kubota, Shosei ^a   Kameyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Hirao, Akira S ^a   Ohara, Masashi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biparental inbreeding; Correlated paternity; Inbreeding depression; Mating system; Pollen limitation; Reproductive assurance; Self incompatibility

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AUTOGAMY; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HERMAPHRODITE; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; PATERNITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEED PRODUCTION; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; HONSHU; JAPAN;

MELANTHIACEAE; TRILLIUM; TRILLIUM CAMSCHATCENSE;

EID: 43049092654     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.95.4.482     Document Type: Article

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