Chin J Plan Ecolo ›› 2002, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (4): 385-390.

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Flexistyly and Its Evolutionary Ecological Significance

ZHANG Ling and LI Qing-Jun   

  • Published:2002-04-10
  • Contact: ZHANG Ling

Abstract: There are divers breeding systems in the flowering plants, and different breeding systems have different ways of avoiding or promoting inbreeding or outbreeding. Flexistyly is a new behavioral outbreeding mechanism recently found in Alpinia ginger plants.