The role of nectar production, flower pigments and odour in the pollination of four species of Passiflora (Passifloraceae) in south-eastern Brazil

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 139-152

  Varassin, I G ^a   Trigo, J R ^a   Sazima, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthophoridae Apidae; Bats; Bees; Foraging; GC MS; Glossophaginae; Hummingbirds; Phaethorninae

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING PLANT; NECTAR; ODOR; PIGMENT; POLLINATION;

(SOUTHEAST); BRAZIL;

PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA ALATA; PASSIFLORA GALBANA; PASSIFLORA MUCRONATA; PASSIFLORA SPECIOSA;

EID: 0034937776     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bojl.2000.0438     Document Type: Article

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