A key role for floral scent in a wasp-pollination system in Eucomis (Hyacinthaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 715-725

  Shuttleworth, A ^a   Johnson, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Eucomis; Floral filter; Floral volatile; Pollination syndrome; Pollinator shift; Pompilidae; Wasp pollination

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONOCOTYLEDON; MONOTERPENE; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEED SET; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; VISUAL CUE; WASP;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; FLOWER; LABORATORY; LIGHT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; ODOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; POLLINATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY; WASP;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CUES; FLOWERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LABORATORIES; LIGHT; LILIACEAE; ODORS; POLLEN; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WASPS;

EUCOMIS; EUCOMIS AUTUMNALIS; EUCOMIS COMOSA; HEMIPEPSIS; HEXAPODA; HYACINTHACEAE; POMPILIDAE;

EID: 60749118664     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn261     Document Type: Article

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