Effect of pollination on floral longevity and costs of delaying fertilization in the out-crossing Polygala vayredae Costa (Polygalaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1043-1048

  Castro, Sílvia ^a,b,c   Silveira, Paulo ^a   Navarro, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Delayed pollination; Endemic species; Flower longevity; Life span; Pollen limitation; Pollination; Pollinator scarcity; Polygala vayredae; Polygalaceae; Reproductive consequences; Secondary pollen presentation

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FITNESS; FLOWER; LIFE HISTORY; POLLEN; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; FERTILIZATION; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; POLYGALACEAE;

CROSSES, GENETIC; FERTILIZATION; FLOWERS; POLLINATION; POLYGALACEAE;

POLYGALA; POLYGALACEAE;

EID: 56449118847     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn184     Document Type: Article

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