Floral nectar production and nectary anatomy and ultrastructure of Echinacea purpurea (Asteraceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-193

  Wist, Tyler J ^a   Davis, Arthur R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eccrine process; Echinacea purpurea; Floral nectary; Floret phenology; Modified stomata; Nectar reabsorption; Nectar secretion; Phloem; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

FLOWER;

ARTICLE; ECHINACEA; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PERIODICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CARBOHYDRATES; ECHINACEA; FLOWERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PERIODICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ASTERACEAE; ECHINACEA PURPUREA;

EID: 31744445703     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcj027     Document Type: Article

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