Fly pollination in Ceropegia (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae): biogeographic and phylogenetic perspectives

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1501-1514

  Ollerton, Jeff ^a   Masinde, Siro ^b   Meve, Ulrich ^c   Picker, Mike ^d   Whittington, Andrew ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e FlyEvidence   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apocynaceae; Asclepiadoideae; Brachystelma; Ceropegia; Diptera; flower evolution; generalization; mutualism; pollination; Riocreuxia; specialization; Stapeliinae

Indexed keywords

APOCYNACEAE; ARACEAE; ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; ASCLEPIADOIDEAE; BRACHYSTELMA; CEROPEGIA; CEROPEGIA ARISTOLOCHIOIDES; DIPTERA; RIOCREUXIA;

ANIMAL; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; FLOWER; FLY; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION;

ANIMALS; APOCYNACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; DIPTERA; ECOLOGY; FLOWERS; GEOGRAPHY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; POLLINATION;

EID: 67650759912     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp072     Document Type: Article

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