Floral nectary structure and nectar chemical composition of some species from Robinson Crusoe Island (Chile)

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 862-872

  Bernardello, G ^a   Galetto, L ^a   Anderson, G J ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Hummingbird pollination; Nectar sugar composition; Nectary structure; Robinson Crusoe Island; Sugar concentration

Indexed keywords

CHILE; DETERMINATION OF CONTENT; FLOWER; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; HUMMINGBIRD; NECTAR; POLLINATION; SELF COMPATIBILITY; SUCROSE; WIND;

BIRD; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; NECTAR; POLLINATION;

CHILE; ROBINSON CRUSOE ISLAND;

AVES; CUMINIA; CUMINIA ERIANTHA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NICOTIANA CORDIFOLIA; RHAPHITHAMNUS; RHAPHITHAMNUS VENUSTUS; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 0033832086     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-78-7-862     Document Type: Article

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