Explosive flowering, nectar production, breeding systems, and pollinators of New Zealand mistletoes (Loranthaceae)

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 345-360

  Ladley, Jenny J ^a   Kelly, Dave ^a   Robertson, Alastair W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alepis; Bird pollination; Breeding systems; Dioecy; Explosive flowering; Ileostylus; Loranthaceae; Nectar production; Peraxilla; Self compatibility; Trilepidea; Tupeia

Indexed keywords

ALEPIS; ALEPIS FLAVIDA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; HEXAPODA; ILEOSTYLUS; ILEOSTYLUS MICRANTHUS; INSECTA; LORANTHACEAE; MICRANTHUS; PERAXILLA; PERAXILLA COLENSOI; PERAXILLA TETRAPETALA; TRILEPIDEA; TRILEPIDEA ADAMSII; TUPEIA; TUPEIA ANTARCTICA; VISCUM ALBUM;

BREEDING SYSTEM; FLOWERING; MISTLETOE; NECTAR PRODUCTION; POLLINATOR;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0030609467     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1997.10410160     Document Type: Article

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