Effects of pollinia removal and insertion on flower longevity in Chloraea alpina (orchidaceae)

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 653-660

  Clayton, Sonia ^a   Aizen, Marcelo A ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

flower longevity; orchids; phenotypic plasticity; pollinia manipulation

Indexed keywords

CHLORAEA ALPINA; ORCHIDACEAE;

FLOWER LONGEVITY; PATAGONIAN GROUND ORCHID; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLLEN INSERTION; POLLEN REMOVAL;

EID: 0030303086     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01237712     Document Type: Article

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