Pollination and late-acting self-incompatibility in Cyrtanthus breviflorus (Amaryllidaceae): Implications for seed production

Annals of Botany

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 547-555

  Vaughton, Glenda ^a   Ramsey, Mike ^a   Johnson, Steven D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Amarydillaceae; Cyrtanthus breviflorus; honeybee pollination; late acting self incompatibility; ovule discounting; pollen limitation; pollen quantity and quality

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; ENTOMOPHILY; HONEYBEE; MONOCOTYLEDON; NECTAR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED PRODUCTION; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

ANIMALS; FLOWERS; LILIACEAE; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SEEDS;

AMARYLLIDACEAE; ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA; CYRTANTHUS BREVIFLORUS;

EID: 77957558734     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq149     Document Type: Article

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