Reproductive biology of Butea monosperma (Fabaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 715-723

  Tandon, Rajesh ^a   Shivanna, K R ^b   Mohan Ram, H Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub.; Floral biology; Ornithophily; Squirrel pollination; Tree legume

Indexed keywords

ORNITHOPHILY; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BUTEA; COLOR; FLOWER; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; INDIA; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TREE;

BUTEA; COLOR; FLOWERS; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; REPRODUCTION; TREES;

ASIA; DELHI; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; NEW DELHI; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

AVES; BUTEA; BUTEA MONOSPERMA; FUNAMBULUS; NECTARINIA ASIATICA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 11244307994     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcg193     Document Type: Article

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