The structure and roles of sterile flowers in Viburnum macrocephalum f. keteleeri (Adoxaceae)

Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 853-862

  Jin, B ^a   Wang, L ^a,c   Wang, J ^a   Teng, N J ^b,c   He, X D ^a   Mu, X J ^c   Wang, Y L ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Fruit set; Pollinator attraction; Reproductive success; Sterile flowers; Visitation rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLOWER; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PLANT INFERTILITY; POLLINATION; VIBURNUM;

ANIMALS; FLOWERS; FRUIT; PLANT INFERTILITY; POLLINATION; VIBURNUM;

EID: 79952199843     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00298.x     Document Type: Article

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