Abnormal Flowers in the Genus Alpinia and Their Probable Biological Significance - Yong-Mei Xia (Speaker), Zhong-Yu Xie, Pu Zou, Jing-Ping Liao, Qi-Gen Wu and Te-Lin Wu
Yong-Mei Xia reported on studies of abnormal floral structures in Alpinia oxyphylla. This is studied in connection with the capillary systems and may help to explain the evolutionary processes that have taken place to produce similar species with differing floral structures.