Comparative biology of pollination systems in the African-Malagasy genus Brownleea (Brownleeinae: Orchidaceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-78

  Larsen, Michael W ^a   Peter, Craig ^b   Johnson, Steven D ^c   Olesen, Jens M ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Biogeography; Floral syndrome; Internal transcribed spacer (ITS); Madagascar; Nectar; Pollinia; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIPHYTE; EVOLUTION; MIMICRY; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPECIALIZATION; SYMPATRY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

APOIDEA; BROWNLEEA; BROWNLEEA MACROCERAS; BROWNLEEA PARVIFLORA; BROWNLEEINAE; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 38149062703     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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