Widespread mycorrhizal specificity correlates to mycorrhizal function in the neotropical, epiphytic orchid Ionopsis utricularioides (Orchidaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1944-1950

  Otero, J Tupac ^a,b   Flanagan, Nicola S ^a,c   Herre, E Allen ^d   Ackerman, James D ^a   Bayman, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Ceratobasidium; Functional outcomes; Ionopsis utricularioides; Neotropics; Orchid mycorrhizae; Orchidaceae; Rhizoctonia; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANGIOSPERM; EPIPHYTE; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GERMINATION; MYCORRHIZA; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CERATOBASIDIUM; CERATORHIZA; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; IONOPSIS UTRICULARIOIDES; ORCHIDACEAE; RHIZOCTONIA;

EID: 37549019690     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.12.1944     Document Type: Article

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