The long-proboscid fly pollination system in southern Africa

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 146-170

  Goldblatt, Peter ^a   Manning, John C ^b  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Co evolution; Floral ecology; Long proboscid flies; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; GERANIACEAE; INSECTA; IRIDACEAE; MOEGISTORHYNCHUS; NEMESTRINIDAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PELARGONIUM; PHILOLICHE; PROSOECA; STENOBASIPTERON; TABANIDAE;

EID: 0033923139     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2666158     Document Type: Article

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