Ultrastructure and post-floral secretion of the pericarpial nectaries of Erythrina speciosa (Fabaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 937-944

  Paiva, Elder Antônio Sousa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ant plant interactions; Erythrina speciosa; Fabaceae; Faboideae; Fruit anatomy; Nectar secretion; Nectary; Post floral nectaries

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIRD; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLOWER; FRUIT; LEGUME; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NECTAR; NECTARY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SECRETION; SUGAR; TRICHOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ERYTHRINA; FLOWER; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ERYTHRINA; FLOWERS; FRUIT; INSECTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POLLINATION;

AVES; ERYTHRINA SPECIOSA; FABACEAE; FORMICIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEAE;

EID: 70349600349     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp175     Document Type: Article

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