Floral organogenesis and the developmental basis for pollinator deception in the Asiatic dayflower, Commelina communis (Commelinaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1236-1244

  Hardy, Christopher R ^a,b   Sloat, Lindsey L ^a,c   Faden, Robert B ^b  

^a MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Commelina; Commelinaceae; Congenital fusion of sepals; Dayflower; Floral development; Floral monosymmetry; Pollinator deception; Staminode development; Staminodization; TCP gene family

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; FLOWER; FLOWERING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MATURATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORPHOGENESIS; POLLINATOR; SPORULATION; STERILITY;

COMMELINA; COMMELINA COMMUNIS; COMMELINACEAE; LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 69249221468     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800344     Document Type: Article

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