Nectar characteristics of interspecific hybrids and their parents in Aesculus (Hippocastanaceae) and Iris (Iridaceae)

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 200-206

  Burke, John M ^a   Wyatt, Robert ^b   DePamphilis, Claude W ^c   Arnold, Michael L ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Highlands Biological Station   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aesculus; Buckeyes; Hybridization; Iris; Louisiana irises; Nectar

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIRD; HYBRID; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; NECTAR; POLLINATION; SUGAR; UNITED STATES;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; NECTAR; POLLINATION; ZOOPHILY;

AESCULUS; AESCULUS PAVIA; AESCULUS SYLVATICA; IRIS; IRIS BREVICAULIS; IRIS FULVA;

EID: 0034234134     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088757     Document Type: Article

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