Mating system of Helianthemum squamatum (Cistaceae), a gypsophile specialist of semi-arid Mediterranean environments

Botanica Helvetica

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-137

  Aragón, Cristina F ^a   Escudero, Adrián ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gypsophyte; Hand pollination experiments; Mating systems

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; AUTOGAMY; DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GYPSUM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OUTCROSSING; SEMIARID REGION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CISTACEAE; HELIANTHEMUM SQUAMATUM;

EID: 67549129309     PISSN: 02531453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00035-008-0855-x     Document Type: Article

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