Unraveling the development behind unisexual flowers in Cylindropuntia wolfii (Cactaceae).
Niveditha RamadossAmy Orduño-BaezCarlos PortilloScarlet SteeleJon RebmanLluvia Flores-RenteríaPublished in: BMC plant biology (2022)
Despite being functionally dioecious, we observed that functionally pistillate individuals produced fruits with a large number of aborted seeds. This implies that not only does this species have low reproductive success, but its small population sizes may lead to low genetic diversity.
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