Floral syndromes accurately predict pollination by a specialized oil-collecting bee (Rediviva peringueyi, Melittidae) in a guild of South African orchids (Coryciinae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 917-926

  Pauw, Anton ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation; Convergent evolution; Corycium; Diseae; Disperis; Euglossine bees; Oil secreting flowers; Pollination syndromes; Pterygodium; Rediviva; Renosterveld; South Africa

Indexed keywords

FLORAL TRAIT; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; CORYCIINAE; CORYCIUM; CORYCIUM OROBANCHOIDES; DISEAE; DISPERIS; MELITTIDAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PTERYGODIUM; PTERYGODIUM CATHOLICUM; REDIVIVA;

EID: 33744765241     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.93.6.917     Document Type: Article

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