Patterns of male sterility within and among populations of the distylous shrub Erythroxylum havanense (Erythroxylaceae)

• Published in: Plant ecology Vol. 176; no. 2; pp. 165 - 172
• Main Authors: Cuevas, E, Molina-Freaner, F, Eguiarte, L.E, Dominguez, C.A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Kluwer Publishers 01.01.2005; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: androecium; Biological evolution; Dioecy; distyly; Erythroxylaceae; Erythroxylum; Erythroxylum havanense; Evolution; Females; Fertility; Flowers; gender specialization; gynoecium; Male infertility; Male sterility; Mexico; Plant ecology; Plant fertility; plant reproduction; Plants; Pollen; Pollen germination; Population studies; Reproductive system; sexual systems; Shrubs; Mexico

Distyly, a reproductive system characterized by the presence of long-styled (thrum). and short-styled (pin) individuals within a population, has been repeatedly used as a model for the study of the evolution of the reproductive systems in plants. Erythroxylum havanense is a distylous species in whic...