Flexibility of pollinator-flower relationship in Isodon umbrosus and I. effusus (Lamiaceae) and its relation to fruit-set and seed-set

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-155

  Suzuki, Kazuo ^a   Akazome, Yutaro ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bumblebees; Isodon; Lamiaceae; Pollination biology; Pollination system; Seed production

Indexed keywords

BOMBUS DIVERSUS; BOMBUS HONSHUENSIS; ISODON; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0034349391     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00013925     Document Type: Article

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