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Science 3 July 1959:
Vol. 130. no. 3366, pp. 42 - 43
DOI: 10.1126/science.130.3366.42
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Variations in Style Number and Other Gynoecial Structures of Lychnis alba

H. L. DEAN 1

1 Department of Botany, State University of Iowa, Iowa City

Consistent variations in style number (from the typical five), ranging from zero to ten, inclusive, are found in ovaries of Lychnis alba flowers. The number of carpels, placentae, and vascular strands of a given ovary usually varied directly with the number of its styles.

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