Perfume-collecting male euglossine bees as pollinators of a basal angiosperm: The case of Unonopsis stipitata (Annonaceae)

Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-37

  Teichert, H ^a   Dotterl S ^b   Zimma, B ^a   Ayasse, M ^a   Gottsberger, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annonaceae; Flower scent; French Guiana; Male euglossine bees; Osmophores; Scent collecting behavior, pollination; Unonopsis stipitata

Indexed keywords

BEE; DICOTYLEDON; MONOTERPENE; ODOR; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLYSACCHARIDE; STARCH;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANNONACEAE; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; ODOR; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANNONACEAE; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FLOWERS; MALE; ODORS; PERCEPTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANNONACEAE; APIDAE; APOIDEA; EUGLOSSA IMPERIALIS; EUGLOSSINI; EULAEMA; EULAEMA BOMBIFORMIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; UNONOPSIS; UNONOPSIS STIPITATA;

EID: 57649123331     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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