New Zealand Journal of Botany abstract
Short communication
Self-incompatibility in Cordyline australis (Asteliaceae)
ROSS E. BEEVER
STEPHANIE L. PARKES
Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
P.O. Box 92170
Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract Controlled pollination among four individuals of
Cordyline australis (cabbage tree, ti kouka) demonstrate that this
species is self-incompatible, setting little or no seed when self-pollinated.
Seed production per fruit in wild trees was less than half that observed
following artificial pollination. Parthenocarpic fruit production is recorded
in some wild populations.
Keywords Cordyline australis; pollination;
self-incompatibilty; New Zealand flora; parthenocarpy
B95024
Received 17 May 1995; accepted 11 October 1995
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