Pollination ecology and breeding system of Xylopia championii (Annonaceae): curculionid beetle pollination, promoted by floral scents and elevated floral temperatures

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 168, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1255-1268

  Ratnayake, R M C S ^a   Gunatilleke, I A U N ^b   Wijesundara, D S A ^c   Saunders, R M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c Royal Botanic Gardens ^*  (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Annonaceae; Breeding system; Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Endaeus; Floral scent; Floral temperature; Pollination; Sri lanka; Xylopia championii

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BEETLE; ECOLOGY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

ANNONACEAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; XYLOPIA;

EID: 36849092758     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521689     Document Type: Article

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