Floral scent and pollination in Browneopsis disepala (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) in western Ecuador

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Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 174-182

  Knudsen, Jette T ^a   Klitgaard, Bente B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bat pollination; Browneopsis; Floral development; Floral scent; Leguminosae; Mixed pollination system; Moth pollination

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BROWNEOPSIS; BROWNEOPSIS DISEPALA; CAESALPINIOIDEAE; FABACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0031853844     PISSN: 0007196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2807848     Document Type: Article

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