Pollination of seven Plectranthus spp. (Lamiaceae) in southern Natal, South africa

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 99-112

  Potgieter, Christina J ^a   Edwards, T J ^a   Miller, R M ^a   Van Staden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acroceridae; Adaptive radiation; Amegilla; Anthophoridae; Lamiaceae; Long tubed flowers; Longproboscid flies; Natal Group sandstone; Nemestrinidae; Plectranthus; Pollination; Prosoeca; Psi lodera; Speciation; Stenobasipteron

Indexed keywords

ACROCERIDAE; AMEGILLA; ANIMALIA; ANTHOPHORIDAE; APOIDEA; COROLLA; INSECTA; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NEMESTRINIDAE; PLECTRANTHUS; PLECTRANTHUS AMBIGUUS; PLECTRANTHUS CILIATUS; PLECTRANTHUS ECKLONII; PLECTRANTHUS HILLIARDIAE; PLECTRANTHUS MADAGASCARIENSIS; PLECTRANTHUS ORIBIENSIS; PLECTRANTHUS REFLEXUS; PLECTRANTHUS SACCATUS; PLECTRANTHUS ZULUENSIS; PROSOECA; STENOBASIPTERON; TABANIDAE;

EID: 0032723859     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01087038     Document Type: Article

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