Floral scent chemistry and pollination ecology in phytelephantoid palms (Arecaceae)

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 217, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 279-297

  Ervik, Finn ^a   Tollsten, Lars ^b,c   Knudsen, Jette T ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aleocharinae; Arecaceae; Baridinae; Brood site pollination; Derelomini; Dioecy; Evolution; Floral scents; Flower breeding; Mystrops; Phytelephantoideae; Pollination; Thermogenesis; Xanth opygus

Indexed keywords

AMMANDRA; AMMANDRA DASYNEURA; AMMANDRA DECASPERMA; APHANDRA; APHANDRA NATALIA; PHYTELEPHAS; PHYTELEPHAS AEQUATORIALIS; PHYTELEPHAS MACROCARPA; PHYTELEPHAS SEEMANNII;

EID: 0033029433     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00984371     Document Type: Article

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