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Adaptive significance of flexistyly in Alpinia blepharocalyx (Zingiberaceae): a hand-pollination experiment.

Annals of botany - 1 Apr 2007

Sun Shan, Gao Jiang-Yun, Liao Wan-Jin, Li Qing-Jun, Zhang Da-Yong

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Flexistyly is a sexual dimorphism where there are two morphs that differ in the temporal expression of sexual function and also involve reciprocal movement of the stigmatic surface through a vertical axis during the flowering period. The adaptive significance of flexistyly has been interpreted as a floral mechanism for outcrossing, but it may also function to reduce sexual interference in...

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PMID: 17237211
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl292
PMCID: PMC2802932

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