Flowering phenology, pollination, and fruit set of Cypripedium macranthos var. rebunense, a threatened lady's slipper (Orchidaceae)

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 171-178

  Sugiura, Naoto ^a   Fujie, Taketoshi ^a   Inoue, Ken ^b   Kitamura, Kenji ^c  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombus; Conservation; Cypripedium; Fruit set; Pollination

Indexed keywords

BOMBUS PSEUDOBAICALENSIS; CYPRIPEDIUM; CYPRIPEDIUM MACRANTHOS; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 0035535563     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00013980     Document Type: Article

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