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THE existence of pollen dimorphism in the genus Armeria was discovered by Kulczyński1 during the investigation of Dryas-containing beds near Przemyśl in Poland. Iversen2 showed that in living European material of A. maritima (Mill.) Willd., plants with Type A and Type B pollen are self-incompatible but cross-compatible. However, in the circumpolar variety sibirica Lawr.3, the pollen is monomorphic and the plants are self-compatible. According to Iversen, this may be related to a paucity of pollinating insects.
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BAKER, H. Significance of Pollen Dimorphism in Late-Glacial Armeria. Nature 161, 770–771 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161770b0
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