Phylogenetic constraints vs. ecology in the nectar composition of Acanthaceae

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-69

  Schmidt Lebuhn, Alexander N ^a   Schwerdtfeger, Michael ^a   Kessler, Michael ^a   Lohaus, Gertrud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acanthaceae; HPLC; Nectar composition; Sugars

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DICOTYLEDON; NECTAR; PHYLOGENETICS; POLLINATION;

ACANTHACEAE;

EID: 33846230498     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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