Overlapping flowering periods among Shorea species and high growth performance of hybrid seedlings promote hybridization and introgression in a tropical rainforest of Singapore

• Main Authors: Kenzo, Tanaka, Kamiya, Koichi, Ngo, Kang Min, Faizu, Nik, Lum, Shawn Kaihekulani Yamauchi, Igarashi, Shuichi, Norichika, Yuki, Ichie, Tomoaki
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Backcross; Dipterocarp
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143896
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A considerable extent of interspecific hybridization among dominant canopy dipterocarp species was recently found in a tropical rain forest fragment in Singapore. However, information about the fertility of the hybrids and the growth of their successive hybrids remains limited. We studied the flower...