Cleistogenes in Danthonia
Issue Date
1966-09-01Keywords
CleistogenesCleistogamy
fruits
Self Fertililzation
californica
unispicata
spicata
intermedia
Jackson Hole
Spikletsflowering culmFloretsChilledPotassium NitrateflowersnodesseedsDanthoniawaterWyoming
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Dobrenz, A. K., & Beetle, A. A. (1966). Cleistogenes in Danthonia. Journal of Range Management, 19(5), 292-296.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3895723Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
Cleistogamy is the behavior of flowers which do not open but which produce fruits and seeds as a result of self-fertilization. Danthonia californica, D. unispicata, and D. spicata were found to be cleistogamous, but D. intermedia produced no cleistogenes in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Cleistogenes were capable of producing new plants and therefore may be a means for reproduction for cleistogamous species in Jackson Hole.Type
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