Can classifications of functional gender be extended to all land plants?

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-160

  Jesson, Linley K ^a,b   Garnock Jones, Phil J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breeding systems; Cosexuality; Dioecy; Gametophytes; Hermaphroditism; Land plants; Sporophytes

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84859642168     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2011.10.003     Document Type: Note

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