Confronting assumptions about spontaneous autogamy in populations of Eulophia alta (Orchidaceae) in south Florida: Assessing the effect of pollination treatments on seed formation, seed germination and seedling developmentboj

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-88

  Johnson, Timothy R ^a   Stewart, Scott L ^b   Kauth, Philip ^a   Kane, Michae E ^a   Philman, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Horticulture and Agriculture Programs   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymbiotic germination; Auto pollination; Breeding system; Crossing distance; Fitness; Optimal out; Orchid; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; EPIPHYTE; FITNESS; GEITONOGAMY; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; HERB; PERENNIAL PLANT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EULOPHIA ALTA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 70350149972     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00992.x     Document Type: Article

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