Floral Scent in Food-Deceptive Orchids: Species Specificity and Sources of Variability

Plant Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 720-729

  Salzmann, C C ^a   Cozzolino, S ^b   Schiestl, F P ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Floral odour; Food deception; Hybridisation; Orchis mascula; Orchis pauciflora; Pollination; Species differentiation

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL;

ANGIOSPERM; FLORA; FOOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; ODOR; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SCENT MARKING;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ODOR; ORCHIDACEAE; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ODORS; OILS, VOLATILE; ORCHIDACEAE; POLLINATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ORCHIDACEAE; ORCHIS MASCULA; ORCHIS PAUCIFLORA;

EID: 36749098933     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-965614     Document Type: Article

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