Is Cycas revoluta (Cycadaceae) wind- or insect-pollinated?

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 847-855

  Kono, Masumi ^a   Tobe, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambophily; Anemophily; Cycadaceae; Cycas revoluta; Entomophily; Nitidulidae; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ANEMOPHILY; BEETLE; ENTOMOPHILY; GYMNOSPERM; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS; SAKISHIMA ISLANDS; YONAGUNI ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; CARPOPHILUS; COLEOPTERA; CYCADACEAE; CYCADALES; CYCADOPSIDA; CYCAS; CYCAS REVOLUTA; HEXAPODA; NITIDULIDAE; ZAMIACEAE;

EID: 34250733086     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.5.847     Document Type: Article

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