Experimental crosses in phormium confirm the lack of intrinsic barriers to interspecific hybridisation and the fertility of putative wild hybrids

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-399

  Houliston, G J ^a   Heenan, P B ^a   Smissen, R D ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hybridisation; New Zealand flora; P. cookianum; P. tenax; Phormium; Pollination

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILITY; FRUIT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTROGRESSION; MONOCOTYLEDON; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLLINATION; SEED SET; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

PHORMIUM; PHORMIUM COOKIANUM; PHORMIUM TENAX;

EID: 58049208183     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288250809509778     Document Type: Article

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