Temporal variation in pollinarium size after its removal in species of Bulbophyllum: A different mechanism preventing self-pollination in Orchidaceae

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 217, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 197-204

  Borba, Eduardo Leite ^a   Semir, João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bulbophyllum; Myophily; Orchidaceae; Pollination; Pollinator behaviour; Pollinia; Reproductive system; Self pollination

Indexed keywords

BULBOPHYLLUM INVOLUTUM; BULBOPHYLLUM IPANEMENSE;

EID: 0033019740     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00984365     Document Type: Article

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