The pollinators of the malagasy star orchids Angraecum sesquipedale, A. sororium and A. compactum and the evolution of extremely long spurs by pollinator shift

Botanica Acta

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 343-359

  Wasserthal, L T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angraecum; Coevolution; Hawkmoths; Orchids; Pollination; Sphingidae

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HAWKMOTH; POLLINATION; SPUR LENGTH; STAR ORCHID;

MADAGASCAR;

ANGRAECUM BOSSERI; ANGRAECUM COMPACTUM; ANGRAECUM SESQUIPEDALE; ANGRAECUM SORORIUM; COELONIA; COELONIA SOLANI; EPIDENDRUM; LEPIDOPTERA; ORCHIDACEAE; PANOGENA; PANOGENA LINGENS; SPHINGIDAE; XANTHOPAN; XANTHOPAN MORGANI; XANTHOPAN MORGANI PRAEDICTA;

EID: 0030712443     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1997.tb00650.x     Document Type: Review

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