Claim · model-written summary
Antrophora williamsii is dioecious with pistillate and staminate morphs.
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e0“Lepidocordia punctata and A ntrophora williamsii are dioecious and each species appears to have two floral morphs, pistillate and staminate”
Title
Dioecy and a Reevaluation of Lepidocordia and Antrophora (Boraginaceae: Ehretioideae)
James S. Miller; Joan W. Nowicke American Journal of Botany 1990. doi:10.2307/2444389
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Lepidocordia punctata is dioecious with pistillate and staminate morphs.
- Observation Original descriptions based on opposite morphs exaggerated distinctions between the genera.
- Observation Leaf, pollen, fruit and breeding system data support treating the two genera as congeneric.
- Observation Antrophora was reduced to Lepidocordia and A. williamsii became L. williamsii.
- Observation Lepidocordia was retained in Ehretioideae.
- Observation Lepidocordia and Rochefortia are the only dioecious genera in Ehretioideae.