Title |
Size-dependent gender modification in Lilium apertum (Liliaceae): does this species exhibit gender diphasy?
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Published in |
Annals of Botany, July 2014
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DOI | 10.1093/aob/mcu140 |
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Authors |
Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Xing-Fu Zhu, Hang Sun, Yong-Ping Yang, Spencer C. H. Barrett |
Abstract |
Variation in the relative female and male reproductive success of flowering plants is widespread, despite the fundamental hermaphroditic condition of the majority of species. In many hermaphroditic populations, environmental conditions and their influence on development and size can influence the gender expression of individuals through the formation of hermaphroditic and unisexual flowers. This study investigates the hypothesis that the bulbous, animal-pollinated, perennial Lilium apertum (Liliaceae) exhibits a form of size-dependent gender modification known as gender diphasy, in which the sexual expression of individuals depends on their size, with plants often changing sex between seasons. |
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