Pollination biology of Hydnora africana thunb. (Hydnoraceae) in Namibia: Brood-site mimicry with insect imprisonment

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-163

  Bolin, Jay F ^a   Maass, Erika ^b   Musselman, Lytton J ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Chamber flower; Dermestes maculatus; Namibia; Plant parasite; Trap flower

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWER VISITING; MIMICRY; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION; VIABILITY;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

COLEOPTERA; DERMESTES MACULATUS; HEXAPODA; HYDNORA AFRICANA; HYDNORACEAE; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 61849135645     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593047     Document Type: Article

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