caa a22 4500 475806417 CHVBK 20180406123748.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00985283 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00985283 Cleistogamy in Centaurea melitensis (Asteraceae): Capitulum variability and spatio-temporal development patterns [Elektronische Daten] [R. Porras, J. Muñoz] Centaurea melitensis is a cleistogamous species of Mediterranean distribution, which normally produces a wide range of capitula varying in terms of morphology, size, position in the shoot system and other aspects. For that reason, and particularly in view of the pseudanthic nature of the flower head in Asteraceae, a preliminary study to characterise cleistogamy in this species was considered of interest. Capitular heteromorphism observed inC. melitensis was confirmed by principal component analysis (PCA). The five capitulum types differentiated [initial cleistogamous (iCL), intermediate cleistogamous (xCL), final cleistogamous (fCL), pseudocleistogamous (PCL) and chasmogamous (CH)] fit development patterns specific for both placement on the plant and timing. The balance between cleistogamy and chasmogamy is correlated with the final height of the plant. All these features are consistent with those reported for other cleistogamous species. Springer-Verlag, 2000 Asteraceae nationallicence Centaurea melitensis nationallicence capitular variability nationallicence cleistogamy nationallicence spatial development pattern nationallicence floral production nationallicence flowering period nationallicence PCA nationallicence Porras R. Department of Plant Biology, Botany Division, University of Cordoba, Avda. San Alberto Magno s/n, E-14004, Córdoba, Spain aut Muñoz J. Department of Plant Biology, Botany Division, University of Cordoba, Avda. San Alberto Magno s/n, E-14004, Córdoba, Spain aut Plant Systematics and Evolution Springer-Verlag 223/3-4(2000-09-01), 251-262 0378-2697 223:3-4<251 2000 223 606 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00985283 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00985283 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Porras R. Department of Plant Biology, Botany Division, University of Cordoba, Avda. San Alberto Magno s/n, E-14004, Córdoba, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Muñoz J. Department of Plant Biology, Botany Division, University of Cordoba, Avda. San Alberto Magno s/n, E-14004, Córdoba, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Plant Systematics and Evolution Springer-Verlag 223/3-4(2000-09-01), 251-262 0378-2697 223:3-4<251 2000 223 606 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer