Effective pollinators of Asian sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera): Contemporary pollinators may not reflect the historical pollination syndrome

Annals of Botany

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 845-851

  Li, Jiao Kun ^a   Huang, Shuang Quan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beetle pollinated; Effective pollinator; Generalized flower; Nelumbo nucifera; Nelumbonaceae; Pollination syndrome; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEETLE; COMPENSATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWER; FOSSIL RECORD; HERB; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; SEED SET; THERMOREGULATION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BEETLE; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; FLY; NELUMBO; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEETLES; DIPTERA; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; NELUMBO; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; NELUMBO NUCIFERA; NELUMBONACEAE;

EID: 70349606102     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp173     Document Type: Article

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