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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
卷 87, 期 4, 页码 508-516出版社
BOTANICAL SOC AMER INC
DOI: 10.2307/2656594
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Chenopodiaceae; dichogamy; dioecy; floral sex ratio; Grayia brundegei; reproduction; spineless hopsage; temporal patchiness; Zuckia
We examined components of male and female reproductive success in protogynous and protandrous sexual morphs of the hererodichogamous and largely monoecious chenopod shrub Grayia brandegei. Percentage femaleness of flowering stalks ranged from 0 to 37.6% female ((X) over bar = 15.5%) for protandrous plants and from IJ to 100% female ((X) over bar = 55.8%) for protogynous plants. Functional gender estimates based on ovule production at two locations ranged from 23.0 to 31.8% female for the protandrous morph. and from 65.3 to 77.0% female for the protogynous morph. Realized gender estimates based on total seed production ranged in value from 3.6 to 16.8% female For fine protandrous morph and fi om 76.5 ru 96.4% for the protogynous morph. depending on location and year. Differences in reproductive success of the two morphs, were largely due to a reduction in the female function of protandrous plants. Protogynous plants produced more female flowers per stalk and had a higher percentage of seed-filled fruits than did protandrous plants. Differences between sexual morphs were more pronounced in dry areas or years in which overall seed production was minimal. Differential seed production between morphs likely reflects temporal patchiness in environmental conditions, particularly in water availability. The significance of these findings in support of heterodichogamy as an evolutionary pathway to dioecy is discussed.
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