Nectary structure and nectar secretion in Maxillaria coccinea (Jacq.) L.O. Williams ex Hodge (Orchidaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-95

  Stpiczynska M ^a   Davies, K L ^b   Gregg, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Swansea Botanical Complex   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hummingbird pollination; Maxillaria coccinea; Nectary ultrastructure; Orchidaceae; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

PLASTID; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MAXILLARIA; MAXILLARIA COCCINEA; MAXILLARIA PARVIFLORA; ORCHIDACEAE; TROCHILIDAE;

POLYSACCHARIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOWER; METABOLISM; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FLOWERS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORCHIDACEAE; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 1542678933     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mch008     Document Type: Article

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