The flexible breeding system of Werauhia sintenisii, a cloud forest bromeliad from Puerto Rico

Biotropica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 414-417

  Lasso, Eloisa ^a,b   Ackerman, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Autogamy; Epiphytes; Hummingbird pollination; Mating system; Outcrossing; Pico del Este

Indexed keywords

APOMIXIS; AUTOGAMY; MONTANE FOREST; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

WERAUHIA; WERAUHIA SINTENISII;

EID: 4444261914     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2004.tb00335.x     Document Type: Article

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