Comparative account of nectary structure in Hexisea imbricata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. (Orchidaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 749-756

  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; Nectar secretion; Nectary; Ornithophily; Pollination; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

NECTARY; POLLINATION;

MAXILLARIA COCCINEA; ORCHIDACEAE; SCAPHYGLOTTIS IMBRICATA; TROCHILIDAE;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL WALL; FLOWERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORCHIDACEAE; PLANT EPIDERMIS;

EID: 23244453728     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci081     Document Type: Article

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