Bat visits to Marcgravia pittieri and notes on the inflorescence diversity within the genus Marcgravia (Marcgraviaceae)

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 383-388

  Tschapka, Marco ^a   Dressler, Stefan ^b   von Helversen, Otto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chiropterophily; Marcgravia; Marcgravia pittieri; Marcgraviaceae; Nectary; Phyllostomidae

Indexed keywords

BAT; FLOWER; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; NECTAR; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; ANOURA CULTRATA; GLOSSOPHAGINAE; HYLONYCTERIS UNDERWOODI; MARCGRAVIA; MARCGRAVIACEAE; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 33746326789     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2005.07.014     Document Type: Article

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