Comparative anatomy and morphology of nectar-producing Melastomataceae

Annals of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 899-909

  Varassin, Isabela Galarda ^a   Penneys, Darin S ^b   Michelangeli, Fabian A ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blakea; Brachyotum; Charianthus; Huilaea; Melastomataceae; Meriania; Miconia; Nectaries; Nectary stomata; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWER; HERB; MORPHOLOGY; NECTAR; POLLINATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; MELASTOMATACEAE; PLANT STOMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FLOWERS; MELASTOMATACEAE; PLANT STOMATA;

APOIDEA; BLAKEA; BRACHYOTUM; CHARIANTHUS; INVERTEBRATA; MELASTOMATACEAE; MERIANIA; MICONIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 56449111410     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn180     Document Type: Article

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