Adaptive significance of floral movement

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 293-328

  Ruan, Cheng Jiang ^a   da Silva, Jaime A Teixeira ^b  

^a DALIAN NATIONALITIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active floral movement; Delayed autonomous selfing; Insect touched floral movement; Multiple adaptive significances; Promotion of outcrossing; Reduction in intrafloral male female interference

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; MALVACEAE;

EID: 79961004907     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2011.587715     Document Type: Review

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