Reproductive ecology of medicinally important Kashmir Himalayan species of Digitalis L.

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 59-70

  Nazir, Romaisa ^a   Reshi, Zafar ^a   Wafai, Bashir Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Digitalis; Phenology; Pollen ovule ratio; Pollination mechanism

Indexed keywords

DIGITALIS (GENUS); DIGITALIS GRANDIFLORA; DIGITALIS LANATA; DIGITALIS PURPUREA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70350169245     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2008.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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