Pollination biology of Indotristicha ramosissima (Podostemaceae: Tristichoideae)

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-56

  Gupta, Charu Khosla ^a   Sehgal, Anita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Aaerial pollination; Autogamy; Floral morphology; Indotristicha ramossima; Podostemaceae; Pollination biology; Rheophytes; Tristichoideae

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; DICOTYLEDON; FRUIT; GERMINATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; POLLEN; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

INDOTRISTICHA; INDOTRISTICHA RAMOSISSIMA; PODOSTEMACEAE;

EID: 63349104450     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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