Variation in the functioning of autonomous self-pollination, pollinator services and floral traits in three Centaurium species

Annals of Botany

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 917-925

  Brys, Rein ^a,b   Jacquemyn, Hans ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autonomous selfing; Centaurium erythraea; Centaurium littorale; Centaurium pulchellum; competing selfing; delayed selfing; floral emasculation; pollen limitation; pollen: ovule ratio; pollinator failure; reproductive assurance

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; DICOTYLEDON; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTAURIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CENTAURIUM; FLOWERS; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CENTAURIUM; CENTAURIUM ERYTHRAEA; CENTAURIUM LITTORALE; CENTAURIUM PULCHELLUM;

EID: 79955414218     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr032     Document Type: Article

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