Flowering, pollination, nectar standing crop, and nectaries of Euterpe precatoria (Arecaceae), an Amazonian rain forest palm

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 206, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 71-97

  Küchmeister, Heike ^a   Silberbauer Gottsberger, Ilse ^a   Gottsberger, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amazonia, palm, flowering, nectar standing crop, nectaries, pollination, entomophily; Arecaceae, Euterpe

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; ARECACEAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; EUTERPE; EUTERPE PRECATORIA; HALICTIDAE; INSECTA; PRUNUS DULCIS; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 1842369074     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00987942     Document Type: Article

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