Bumblebee pollination of Cypripedium macranthos var. rebunense (Orchidaceae); a possible case of floral mimicry of Pedicularis schistostegia (Orobanchaceae)

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 235, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 189-195

  Sugiura, Naoto ^a   Goubara, Masashi ^b   Kitamura, Kenji ^c   Inoue, Ken ^d  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombus; Cypripedium; Floral mimicry; Pedicularis; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOMBUS PSEUDOBAICALENSIS; CYPRIPEDIUM; CYPRIPEDIUM CALCEOLUS; CYPRIPEDIUM MACRANTHOS; ORCHIDACEAE; OROBANCHACEAE; PEDICULARIS; PEDICULARIS SCHISTOSTEGIA;

EID: 0036918039     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-002-0229-6     Document Type: Article

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