Flower structure and nectar chemical composition in three Argentine Apocynaceae

Flora

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 197-207

  Galetto, Leonardo ^a  

^a Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Flower anatomy; Macrosiphonia petraea; Mandevilla laxa; Mandevilla pentlandiana; nectar; pollination mechanism

Indexed keywords

APOCYNACEAE; ARGENTINA (FISH); CALYX; COROLLA; MACROSIPHONIA; MANDEVILLA; MANDEVILLA PENTLANDIANA; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 0030957394     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-2530(17)30778-8     Document Type: Article

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