Effect of Pollination on Floral Longevity and Costs of Delaying Fertilization in the Out-crossing Polygala vayredae Costa (Polygalaceae) | Zendy

Sílvia Castro | Zendy; Paulo Silveira | Zendy; Luis Navarro | Zendy

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Effect of Pollination on Floral Longevity and Costs of Delaying Fertilization in the Out-crossing Polygala vayredae Costa (Polygalaceae)

Author(s) -

Sílvia Castro,

Paulo Silveira,

Luis Navarro

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcn184

Subject(s) - biology , longevity , pollination , human fertilization , life span , reproductive success , affect (linguistics) , botany , pollen , agronomy , demography , population , evolutionary biology , genetics , sociology , linguistics , philosophy

The effect of pollination on flower life span has been widely studied, but so far little attention has been paid to the reproductive consequences of delayed pollination in plants with long floral life spans. In the present study, Polygala vayredae was used to answer the following questions. (1) How does male and female success affect the floral longevity of individual flowers? (2) How does delaying fertilization affect the female fitness of this species?

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