Pollination by fungus gnats in four species of the genus Mitella (Saxifragaceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 449-460

  Okuyama, Yudai ^a   Kato, Makoto ^a   Murakami, Noriaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bishop's cap; Dioecy; Gynodioecy; Heuchera group; Nematocera; Specialized pollination

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; GYNODIOECY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

DIPTERA; FUNGI; GYMNOCEPHALUS; HEUCHERA; MITELLA; MITELLA ACERINA; MITELLA FURUSEI; MYCETOPHILIDAE; NEMATOCERA; SAXIFRAGACEAE; SAXIFRAGALES;

EID: 1942472549     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2003.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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