Dual mechanisms of autonomous selfing in Roscoea nepalensis (Zingiberaceae)

Babu Ram Paudel^{1

2

3}, Mani Shrestha^{4

5}, Martin Burd⁶, Qing-Jun Li^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plant Reproductive Adaption and Evolutionary Ecology, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.
² Laboratory of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.
³ Department of Botany, Prithvi Narayan Campus, Tribhuvan University, Pokhara, Nepal.
⁴ School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
⁶ School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Babu Ram Paudel et al. Ecology. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;102(7):e03337.

doi: 10.1002/ecy.3337. Epub 2021 Jun 14.

Babu Ram Paudel^{1

2

3}, Mani Shrestha^{4

5}, Martin Burd⁶, Qing-Jun Li^{1

2}

¹ Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plant Reproductive Adaption and Evolutionary Ecology, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.
² Laboratory of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.
³ Department of Botany, Prithvi Narayan Campus, Tribhuvan University, Pokhara, Nepal.
⁴ School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
⁶ School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: Roscoea nepalensis; alpine ginger; autonomous selfing; pollination; pollinator failure; reproductive assurance; stigmatic droplet.

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