Notes on Eriotheca longitubulosa (Bombacaceae), a rare, putatively hawkmoth-pollinated species new to the Guianas

Brittonia

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 305-316

  MacFarlane, Alexander T ^a   Mori, Scott A ^b   Purzycki, Ken ^a,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATIC BOTANY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha farnesene; Bat pollination; Bombacaceae; Eriotheca; Floral aroma; Hawkmoth pollination

Indexed keywords

ERIOTHECA; ERIOTHECA LONGITUBULOSA; MALVACEAE;

EID: 0142072813     PISSN: 0007196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0007-196X(2003)055[0305:NOELBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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