Lying to Pinocchio: Floral deception in an orchid pollinated by long-proboscid flies

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-278

  Johnson, Steven D ^a   Morita, Shelah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Iridaceae; Mimicry; Mutualism; Orchidaceae; Tabanidae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ATTRACTANT; FLOWER VISITING; FLY; MIMICRY; MUTUALISM; NECTARIVORY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

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

DISA; DISA NERVOSA; IRIDACEAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PHILOLICHE AETHIOPICA; TABANIDAE; WATSONIA;

EID: 33845239457     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2006.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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