Floral scent of willows (Salix spp.) and its role in reproduction

Grako678 C5

From 01/2004 to 12/2007

Staff: Gregor Aas, Sigrid Liede-Schumann, Stefan Dötterl

Willows (Salix spp., Salicaceae) are a genus of woody dioecious plants with a high taxonomic and ecological diversity. From 300 to 500 different species are distinguished worldwide in the literature, about 40 species are known in Central Europe. A typical characteristic of most willow species is the possibility of hybridisation, but there lacks of knowledge about the limiting factors and the amount of this interspecific gene flow under natural conditions. Most of the Central European willows are flowering early in spring and are pollinated by insects

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