Ecological and morphological seed traits of Polygala sardoa and P. sinisica: A comparative study on two endemic species of Sardinia

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 205, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 825-831

  Mattana, Efisio ^a   Daws, Matthew I ^b   Fenu, Giuseppe ^a   Bacchetta, Gianluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Elaiosome; Polygalaceae; Seed dispersal; Seed germination; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GERMINATION; HERB; LIGHT EFFECT; MORPHOLOGY; RED LIST; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED DORMANCY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

POLYGALA; POLYGALACEAE;

EID: 80051805329     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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