Are tetraploids more successful? Floral signals, reproductive success and floral isolation in mixed-ploidy populations of a terrestrial orchid

Annals of Botany

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 263-273

  Gross, Karin ^a   Schiestl, Florian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

diploid; floral colour; floral isolation; floral morphology; floral scent; Floral signals; Gymnadenia conopsea; mixed ploidy populations; orchid; Orchidaceae; pollination; polyploidization; reproductive success; tetraploid

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ASSORTATIVE MATING; FITNESS; FLORA; GROWTH RESPONSE; ORCHARD; PHENOLOGY; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

GYMNADENIA CONOPSEA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE;

GENETICS; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; POLYPLOIDY; SWITZERLAND; SYMPATRY;

ORCHIDACEAE; POLLINATION; POLYPLOIDY; SWITZERLAND; SYMPATRY;

EID: 84922544816     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu244     Document Type: Article

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