Floral structure in Licuala peltata (Arecaceae:Coryphoideae) with special reference to the rchitecture of the unusual labyrinthine nectary

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-77

  Stauffer, Fred W ^a   Barfod, Anders ^b   Endress, Peter K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Development; Flowers; Labyrinthine septal nectaries; Morphology; Palm anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BEE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLORAL TRAIT; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORPHOLOGY; NECTARY; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION;

APOIDEA; ARECACEAE; BROMELIACEAE; CORYPHOIDEAE; HAEMODORACEAE; LICUALA; LILIOPSIDA; XANTHORRHOEACEAE;

EID: 70350157030     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00994.x     Document Type: Article

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