A preliminary study on pollinatiion biology of an endangered orchid, Changnienia amoena, in Shennongjia

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1019-1023

  Sun, Hai Qin ^a   Luo, Yi Bo ^a   Ge, Song ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Bombus (Diversobombus) trifasciatus; Changnienia amoena; Deceptive pollination; Stalk elongation

Indexed keywords

BEE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOWER VISITING; POLLINATION; ZOOPHILY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; SHENNONGJIA;

APIS; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TRIFASCIATUS; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 0346912929     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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