The pollination mechanism in the 'Pelexia alliance' (Orchidaceae: Spiranthinae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 249-262

  Singer, Rodrigo B ^a   Sazima, Marlies ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bees; Bombus; Cyclopogon; Euglossa; Flower morphology; Halictidae; Labrum; Sarcoglottis; Viscidium

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; POLLINATION; ZOOPHILY;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS ATRATUS; CYCLOPOGON; EUGLOSSA; EUGLOSSA CORDATA; EUGLOSSINI; HALICTIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ORCHIDACEAE; PELEXIA; PELEXIA OESTRIFERA; PSEUDOAUGOCHLOROPSIS; PSEUDOAUGOCHLOROPSIS GRAMINEA; SARCOGLOTTIS; SARCOGLOTTIS FASCICULATA; SPERMATOPHYTA; SPIRANTHINAE;

EID: 0033371518     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bojl.1999.0270     Document Type: Article

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