The pollination of Tritoniopsis parviflora (Iridaceae) by the oil-collecting bee Rediviva gigas (Hymenoptera: Melittidae): The first record of oil-secretion in African Iridaceae

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-176

  Manning, J ^a   Goldblatt, P ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; GEOPHYTE; OIL; POLLINATION; SECRETION;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; IRIDACEAE; MELITTIDAE; REDIVIVA GIGAS; TRITONIOPSIS; TRITONIOPSIS PARVIFLORA;

EID: 0036657696     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30416-6     Document Type: Article

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