Specialized pollination by large spider-hunting wasps and self-incompatibility in the African milkweed Pachycarpus asperifolius

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1177-1186

  Shuttleworth, Adam ^a   Johnson, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Apocynaceae; Breeding system; Nectar; Pollination syndromes; Self incompatibility

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; DICOTYLEDON; ENTOMOPHILY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWER VISITING; HONEYBEE; NECTAR; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; SPECIALIZATION; WASP;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOCYNACEAE; ARANEAE; ASCLEPIAS; HEMIPEPSIS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PACHYCARPUS; POMPILIDAE;

EID: 33845607257     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507685     Document Type: Article

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