Gender plasticity and sexual system stability in Wurmbea

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 521-530

  Vaughton, Glenda ^a   Ramsey, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dioecy; gender plasticity; gynodioecy; plant sexual systems; sex allocation plasticity; sex differential plasticity; sub dioecy; Wurmbea biglandulosa; Wurmbea dioica

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DIOECY; FLOWER; GYNODIOECY; HERMAPHRODITE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLLEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; FLOWER; HERMAPHRODITIC SPECIES; INBREEDING; LILIACEAE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; FERTILITY; FLOWERS; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; INBREEDING; LILIACEAE; PHENOTYPE; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

WURMBEA; WURMBEA BIGLANDULOSA; WURMBEA DIOICA;

EID: 84857491499     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr163     Document Type: Article

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