Patterns of chasmogamy and cleistogamy, a mixed-mating strategy in an endangered perennial

Our research explores patterns of mixed-mating in the endemic, federally listed Polygala lewtonii. This perennial herb has open-pollinated chasmogamous flowers and self-pollinated cleistogamous flowers on both above- and below-ground stems. Data collected from 2008 - 2012 shows temporal separation of chasmogamy (January to May) and cleistogamy (June to February) with little overlap. A quarter of plants flowered all three flower morphs at least once during their lifespan while slightly less than half produced chasmogamous and above-ground cleistogamous flowers but no below-ground structures. Estimated fruit maturation was found to be seven times greater for chasmogamy compared to both forms of cleistogamy.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  AoB Plants

• Publication date

  2017-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1093/aobpla/plx059PMID 29308127PMCID 5751043
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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• No concepts are published for this paper.

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