Long-tongued fly pollination and evolution of floral spur length in the Disa draconis complex (Orchidaceae)

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-53

  Johnson, S D ^a   Steiner, K E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ecotypes; long tongued flies; natural selection; Orchidaceae; pollen limitation; pollination; speciation

Indexed keywords

DISA DRACONIS; DIPTERA; MOEGISTORHYNCHUS LONGIROSTRIS; NEMESTRINIDAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PHILOLICHE ROSTRATA; TABANIDAE;

EVOLUTION; FLORAL SPUR LENGTH; NATURAL SELECTION; POLLINATION; PROBOSCIS LENGTH; SPECIATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030618397     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb02387.x     Document Type: Article

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