New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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Breeding systems and pollination in New Zealand Parahebe (Scrophulariaceae)

P. J. Garnock-Jones

Botany Division, DSIR, Private Bag, Christchurch, New Zealand

Abstract New Zealand species of Parahebe are homogamous, self-compatible hermaphrodites. P. canescens, P. catarractae, P. decora, P. hookeriana, P. linifolia ssp. linifolia, P. lyallii, and P. olsenii are predominantly entomophilous, whereas P. birleyi, P. cheesemanii, P. laxa, P. linifolia ssp. brevistylis, P. plano-petiolata, P. spathulata, and P. trifida are predominantly autogamous. The morphological syndromes associated with entomophily and autogamy are described. In Parahebe, lowland, widely distributed species are adapted to entomophily, whereas most species occupying various subalpine, alpine, and nival habitats are adapted to autogamy.

Received 22 July 1976
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1976, Vol. 14: 291-8.

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