Flower Bud Abortion Influences Clonal Growth and Sexual Dimorphism in the Understorey Dioecious Shrub Aucuba japonica (Cornaceae)
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Flower bud abortion influences clonal growth and sexual dimorphism in the understorey dioecious shrub Aucuba japonica (Cornaceae).
Sexual differences were investigated to determine the significance of flower bud abortion in the dioecious shrub Aucuba japonica Thunb. The mean number of flowers per inflorescence and the mean number of flowering inflorescences (as opposed to aborted inflorescences) per individual were greater in males than in females in 1997 and 1998. Reproductive investment by males was 0.4-times (1997) and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Botany
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0305-7364,1095-8290
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcf111