Floral display size and spatial distribution of potential mates affect pollen deposition and female reproductive success in distylous Pulmonaria officinalis (Boraginaceae)

Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 597-603

  Brys, R ^a,b   Jacquemyn, H ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asymmetric mating; Distyly; Floral display size; Legitimate pollination; Pollen quality; Pollen quantity; Seed set; Sexual polymorphism; Spatial isolation

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; DICOTYLEDON; FLORISTICS; INCOMPATIBILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED SET; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; PULMONARIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

BELGIUM; FLOWERS; LINEAR MODELS; POLLEN; POLLINATION; PULMONARIA;

ANIMALIA; BORAGINACEAE; PULMONARIA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 77955947634     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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