Selenicereus wittii (Cactaceae): An epiphyte adapted to Amazonian Igapo inundation forests

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 206, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 175-185

  Barthlott, Wilhelm ^a   Porembski, Stefan ^a   Kluge, Manfred ^b   Hopke, Jörn ^a   Schmidt, Loki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Stift zum Schutze Gefahrdeter P   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cactaceae, Selenicereus wittii; Igapo, Amazonia, epiphytes, dispersal, pollination, anatomy, ecophysiology, crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), fragrance

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITRINAE; CACTACEAE; CRASSULACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; SELENICEREUS WITTII; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 0030923961     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00987947     Document Type: Article

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