Male and female booths with separate entrances in the tiny flowers of Guazuma ulmifolia (Malvaceae-Byttnerioideae). I. Structural integration

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 389-395

  Westerkamp, Christian ^a   Aparecida Soares, Arlete ^a   do Amaral Neto, Laércio P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Deceptive phase; Dichogamy; Herkogamy; Myiophily; Nectar flower; Revolver flower

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; NECTAR; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

BYTTNERIOIDEAE; GUAZUMA; GUAZUMA ULMIFOLIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE;

EID: 33746345585     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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