Pollination of the lady's slipper Cypripedium henryi Rolfe (Orchidaceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 491-499

  Li, Peng ^b,c   Luo, Yi Bo ^a,b   Deng, Yin Xia ^b,d   Kou, Yong ^e  

^a National Orchid Conservation Center   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d JILIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Huanglong Administration of National Scenic Spots   (China)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Deceptive pollination; Floral functional morphology; Lasioglossum; Re visitation

Indexed keywords

BEE; ENTOMOPHILY; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MONOCOTYLEDON; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

APOIDEA; ARANEAE; COLEOPTERA; CYPRIPEDIUM; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 41749098290     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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