Variations of floral traits among different life forms illustrate the evolution of pollination systems in Potamogeton species from China

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-128

  Zhang, Xiao lin ^a   Gituru, Robert W ^a   Yang, Chun feng ^a   Guo, You hao ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anemophily; Epihydrophily; Hydroautogamy; Life form; P O ratio; Potamogeton

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; AUTOGAMY; EVOLUTION; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER; HERB; POLLINATION; SEED PRODUCTION;

POTAMOGETON;

EID: 56449091531     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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