Nectar, floral morphology and pollination syndrome in Loasaceae subfam. Loasoideae (Cornales)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 503-514

  Ackermann, Markus ^a   Weigend, Maximilian ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthophoridae; Apidae; Caiophora; Colletidae; Loasa; Loasaceae; Long tongued bees; Nasa; Nectar; Ornithophily; Pollination; Rodents; Short tongued bees

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

BEE; BIRD; FLORAL TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; NECTAR; PHYLOGENY; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BEES; BIRDS; CARBOHYDRATES; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; POLLEN;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; CAJOPHORA; CORNALES; LOASA; LOASACEAE; MAMMALIA; PIERIS RAPAE; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 33748079478     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl136     Document Type: Article

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