Gender Variation and Inbreeding Depression in Gynodioecious‐Gynomonoecious Silene nutans (Caryophyllaceae)

摘要: Gynodioecy involves the stable co‐occurrence of females and hermaphrodites. Its maintenance theoretically depends on differences in female male reproductive success among gender morphs. Although many gynodioecious species also include gynomonoecious individuals that carry a mixture perfect flowers, little is known about fitness this third morph. Here, we present first study system Silene nutans, including females, plants, By measuring 10 floral traits controlled conditions, showed bear smaller lighter flowers than hermaphrodites, with plants being intermediates. pollen quantity quality, had lower potential hermaphrodites at level both individuals. In addition, were shown to widely vary their proportion (0.0...