Cryptic dioecy in Mussaenda pubescens (Rubiaceae): A species with stigma-height dimorphism

Annals of Botany

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 521-531

  Li, Ai Min ^a,b   Wu, Xiao Qin ^a   Zhang, Dian Xiang ^a   Barrett, Spencer C H ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b HUAIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dioecy; distyly; female and male sterility; floral development; Mussaenda pubescens; self incompatibility; stigma height polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CRYPSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIMORPHISM; DIOECY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER; HERMAPHRODITE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; POLLINATION; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; SHRUB; STERILITY;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; RUBIACEAE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLLINATION; RUBIACEAE;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MUSSAENDA PUBESCENS; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 77957567033     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq146     Document Type: Article

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