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Floral biology ofTrapa natans var.japonica

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The floral behavior and insect visitors ofTrapa natans L. var.japonica Nakai are described. Individual flowers bloom for one day and are visited primarily by Coleoptera and Hemiptera. Exclusion experiments indicate flowers are self- and cross-compatible as well as apomictic. Insect visitors assist in self-pollination as they more within the flower.

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  1. Department of Biology, College of Liberal Arts, Kobe University, Nada, 657, Kobe

    Yasuro Kadono & Edward L. Schneider

  2. Department of Biology, Southwest Texas State University, 78666, San Marcos, Texas, USA

    Yasuro Kadono & Edward L. Schneider

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Kadono, Y., Schneider, E.L. Floral biology ofTrapa natans var.japonica . Bot Mag Tokyo 99, 435–439 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02488722

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