Stigma-anther reciprocity, pollinators, and pollen transfer efficiency in populations of heterostylous species of Lithodora and Glandora (Boraginaceae)

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-276

  Ferrero, Victoria ^a,b   Castro, Sílvia ^a   Sánchez, José M ^b   Navarro, Luis ^b  

^a INESC COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Darwin; Disassortative mating; Heterostyly; Stylar polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BORAGINACEAE; HEXAPODA; LITHODORA;

EID: 79951511306     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-010-0387-x     Document Type: Article

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