Reproductive ecology of the rare clonal cactus Stenocereus eruca in the Sonoran desert

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 247, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 155-164

  Clark Tapia, R ^a   Molina Freaner, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Clonal propagation; Columnar cactus; Pollination limitation; Reproductive ecology; Sonoran desert; Sphingids; Stenocereus eruca

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; CACTACEAE; ERUCA; HYLES; HYLES LINEATA; STENOCEREUS;

EID: 4544330455     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-003-0118-7     Document Type: Article

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