Bilabiate flowers: The ultimate response to bees?

Annals of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 361-374

  Westerkamp, Christian ^a   Claßen Bockhoff, Regine ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bee blossoms; Bilabiate flowers; Floral diversity; Functional morphology; Nototribic (dorsal) pollination

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BEE; FLOWER; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; POLLINATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BEES; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; POLLEN;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; AVES; LAMIALES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 34547781653     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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