Nectary structure of Labiatae in relation to their nectar secretion and characteristics in a Mediterranean shrub community - Does flowering time matter?

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 225, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 103-118

  Petanidou, T ^a   Goethals, V ^b   Smets, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ballota; Flower size. Mediterranean shrub community; Lamium; Nectar composition; Nectarostomata; Phlomis; Phrygana; Prasium; Salvia; Satureja; Stachys; T hymus. Modified stomata; Teucrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034495513     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00985461     Document Type: Article

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