Nonfruiting hermaphroditic flowers of Calochortus leichtlinii (Liliaceae): potential reproductive functions

TP Holtsford - American Journal of Botany, 1985 - Wiley Online Library
The breeding system, flowering display, and fruiting pattern of Calochortus leichtlinii
Hook.(Liliaceae) was studied in the eastern Sierra Nevada. This species is capable of both …

Pollen limitation of female reproduction in Lobelia cardinalis and L. siphilitica

MO Johnston - Ecology, 1991 - JSTOR
Methods Throughout each population's flowering period in 1988 I matched pairs of
individual plants for flower number, date of first flower, and density of surrounding flowers …

Pollination, predation and seed set in Linaria vulgaris (Scrophulariaceae)

RM Arnold - American Midland Naturalist, 1982 - JSTOR
Linaria vulgaris, a self-incompatible perenmal herb, has a complex of adaptations related to
insect-pollination. These include:(a) the production of conspicuous yellow flowers, each with …

POLLEN AND OVULE SOURCES AFFECT SEED PRODUCTION OF LOBELIA CARDINALIS (LOBELIACE AE)

CD Schlichting, B Devlin - American Journal of Botany, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
To examine the breeding system and components of male and female reproductive success
in the hermaphroditic plant Lobelia cardinalis, we performed three crossing experiments …

Floral biology and regulation of seed set and seed size in the lily, Clintonia borealis

C Galen, RC Plowright… - American Journal of …, 1985 - Wiley Online Library
We studied the reproductive ecology of Clintonia borealis, a clonal understory species, in
eastern Ontario. Flowers are protogynous and require insect pollination for outcrossing and …

Reproductive biology of Lactoris fernandeziana (Lactoridaceae)

G Bernardello, GJ Anderson, P Lopez S… - American journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Lactoris fernandeziana, monotypic in its family, is endemic to the cloud forests of Robinson
Crusoe Island. Although there has been considerable study of the relationships of Lactoris …

The reproductive biology of a relict–Illicium floridanum Ellis

LB Thien, DA White, LY Yatsu - American Journal of Botany, 1983 - Wiley Online Library
The flowers of Illicium floridanum are pollinated by a wide variety of insects, particularly
Diptera that emerge from the litter and stream in early spring. Coleoptera rarely visit the …

Sexual reproduction and variation in floral morphology in an ephemeral vernal lily, Eyythronium americanum

LD Harder, JD Thomson, MB Cruzan, RS Unnasch - Oecologia, 1985 - Springer
In a riparian population of Erythronium americanum (Liliaceae) in central New Jersey,
experimentally self-pollinated plant produced markedly fewer fruit and fewer seeds per fruit …

Components of seed and pollen yield of Lobelia cardinalis: variation and correlations

B Devlin - American Journal of Botany, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
Plants from three Lobelia cardinalis populations were grown under common garden
conditions to assess intra‐and interplant variation in seed and pollen production. Seed …

Pollination biology of Listera cordata (Orchidaceae)

JD Ackerman, MR Mesler - American Journal of Botany, 1979 - Wiley Online Library
Pollination biology of northern California populations of Listera cordata (L.) R. Br. is
presented. The flowers are allogamous, self‐compatible, and protandrous. At anthesis …