Delayed Selfing in an Alpine Biennial Gentianopsis paludosa (Gentianaceae) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 593-599

  Duan, Yuan Wen ^a,d   Dafni, Amots ^c   Hou, Qin Zheng ^a   He, Ya Ping ^a   Liu, Jian Quan ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; AUTOGAMY; LIFE CYCLE; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEED PRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; FLOWER; GENTIANACEAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION;

CHINA; FLOWERS; GENTIANACEAE; POLLINATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

GENTIANACEAE; GENTIANOPSIS PALUDOSA;

EID: 77953592999     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2010.00951.x     Document Type: Article

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