Pollination ecology and maintenance of species integrity in co-occurring Disa racemosa L.f. and Disa venosa sw. (Orchidaceae) in South Africa

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 231-241

  Johnson, S D ^a,b   Steiner, K E ^c   Whitehead, V B ^d   Vogelpoel, L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^e NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; HYBRID; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT ECOLOGY; POLLINATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

AMEGILLA; ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; DISA RACEMOSA; DISA VENOSA; ORCHIDACEAE; XYLOCOPA;

EID: 0031665105     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2992007     Document Type: Article

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