Specialized pollination in the African milkweed Xysmalobium orbiculare: A key role for floral scent in the attraction of spider-hunting wasps

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 37-44

  Shuttleworth, Adam ^a   Johnson, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apocynaceae; Asclepiadoideae; Breeding system; Floral filter; Pollination syndrome; Pompilidae; Self incompatibility

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOCYNACEAE; ARANEAE; ASCLEPIADOIDEAE; ASCLEPIAS; HEMIPEPSIS; HEXAPODA; POMPILIDAE; XYSMALOBIUM;

EID: 67349123696     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-009-0171-y     Document Type: Article

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