Pollination of Romulea syringodeoflora (Iridaceae: Crocoideae) by a long-proboscid fly, Prosoeca sp. (Diptera: Nemestrinidae)

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-59

  Goldblatt, P ^a   Manning, J C ^b  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diptera; Iridaceae; Nemestrinidae; Pollination biology; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ENTOMOLOGY; FLOWER VISITING; FLY; POLLEN;

AFRICA; NORTHERN CAPE; ROGGEVELD PLATEAU; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AMEGILLA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; IRIDACEAE; NEMESTRINIDAE; NYMPHALIDAE; PROSOECA; ROMULEA; VANESSA CARDUI;

EID: 33845528761     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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