Development of the floral shoot and pre-anthesis cleistogamy in Hydrobryopsis sessilis (Podostemaceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 222-236

  Sehgal, Anita ^a   Sethi, Minakshi ^a   Mohan Ram, Holenarasipur Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b INDIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY   (India)

Author keywords

Aquatic angiosperms; Autogamy; Breeding system; Cryptic self fertilization; Flower ontogeny; In situ pollen germination; Podostemoideae; Reproductive biology

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLOWERING; GERMINATION; ONTOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SHOOT;

HYDROBRYOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PODOSTEMACEAE;

EID: 61449235346     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00876.x     Document Type: Article

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