Lip anatomy and its implications for the pollination mechanisms of Bulbophyllum species (Orchidaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 499-505

  De Pádua Teixeira, Simone ^a   Borba, Eduardo Leite ^b   Semir, João ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Bulbophyllum; Nectary; Orchidaceae; Osmophores; Pollination; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; POLLINATION;

BULBOPHYLLUM; BULBOPHYLLUM INVOLUTUM; BULBOPHYLLUM IPANEMENSE; BULBOPHYLLUM WEDDELLII; INSECTA; ORCHIDACEAE;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; ORCHIDACEAE; POLLEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FLOWERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORCHIDACEAE; POLLEN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2542494940     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mch072     Document Type: Article

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