Aloe inconspicua: The first record of an exclusively insect-pollinated aloe

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 606-612

  Hargreaves, A L ^a,b   Harder, L D ^a   Johnson, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aloe; Alooideae; Amegilla fallax; Entomophily; Pollinator shifts

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; FLOWER VISITING; INSECT; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR;

ALOE; AMEGILLA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; ASPHODELACEAE; AVES; FALLAX; HALICTIDAE; HAWORTHIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 53049098307     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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