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IN March 1964 the junior author noticed that populations of Gentiana bellidifolia Hook, f., a perennial alpine species, were heterœcious in several places in South Island, New Zealand, mountains. Closer investigation revealed that the populations were gynodiœcious. We sampled a population in Rough Creek basin, Arthurs Pass, at 5,000 ft. by taking one flower from each plant along a transect of some 500 ft. and found the following numbers and proportions of the sexes.
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Burrows, C. J., Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z., 88, 1, 29 (1960).
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BURROWS, C., HOBBS, J. Gynodiœcy in New Zealand Gentiana. Nature 203, 203–204 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203203b0
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