Anther appendages of Incarvillea trigger a pollen-dispensing mechanism

Annals of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 473-479

  Han, Yi ^a   Dai, Can ^a,b   Yang, Chun Feng ^a   Wang, Qing Feng ^a,c   Motley, Timothy J ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anther appendage; Bignoniaceae; Incarvillea arguta; Pollen dispensing; Pollination biology; Stamen morphology

Indexed keywords

BEE; DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; FLOWER VISITING; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SEX ALLOCATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIGNONIACEAE; CHINA; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIGNONIACEAE; CHINA; FLOWERS; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

APOIDEA; BIGNONIACEAE; INCARVILLEA; INCARVILLEA ARGUTA;

EID: 49749120147     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn102     Document Type: Article

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