Histological and micro-CT evidence of stigmatic rostellum receptivity promoting auto-pollination in the madagascan orchid Bulbophyllum bicoloratum.

<h4>Background</h4>The rostellum, a projecting part of the gynostemium in orchid flowers, separates the anther(s) from the stigma and thus commonly prevents auto-pollination. Nonetheless, as a modified (usually distal) portion of the median stigma lobe, the rostellum has been frequently...

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Main Authors: Alexander Gamisch, Yannick M Staedler, Jürg Schönenberger, Gunter A Fischer, Hans Peter Comes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0072688&type=printable
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