Uncoupled geographical variation between leaves and flowers in a south-Andean proteaceae

Annals of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-91

  Chalcoff, Vanina R ^a   Ezcurra, Cecilia ^a   Aizen, Marcelo A ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Embothrium coccineum; Environmental conditions; Floral morphology; Foliar morphology; Geographical variation; Pollinators; Proteaceae; Selective forces; South Andes; Uncoupling

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOWER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; LEAF; MORPHOLOGY; POLLINATOR;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PROTEACEAE; SOUTH AMERICA;

FLOWERS; GEOGRAPHY; PLANT LEAVES; PROTEACEAE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EMBOTHRIUM COCCINEUM; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 45949111145     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn057     Document Type: Article

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