Nectar resorption in the spur of Platanthera chlorantha Custer (Rchb.) Orchidaceae - Structural and microautoradiographic study

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 238, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 119-126

  Stpiczyńska, Małgorzata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Microautoradiography; Nectar resorption; Nectary structure; Orchidaceae; Platanthera chlorantha

Indexed keywords

ORCHIDACEAE; PLATANTHERA; PLATANTHERA CHLORANTHA;

EID: 0038575496     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-002-0281-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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