Mating system and pollination biology of a high-mountain perennial plant, Rhodiola dumulosa (Crassulaceae)

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-227

  Zhu, Lin ^a   Lou, Anru ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allozyme; Mating system; Pollen tube growth; Pollination; Rhodiola dumulosa

Indexed keywords

CRASSULACEAE; ERISTALIS TENAX; HEXAPODA; PYROSOMA; RHODIOLA; RHODIOLA DUMULOSA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 77956029868     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtq024     Document Type: Article

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