New records of insect pollinators for South African asclepiads (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae)

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 689-698

  Shuttleworth, A ^a   Johnson, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apocynaceae; Asclepiadoideae; Milkweed; Myophily; Pollination syndrome; Reproductive biology; Southern Africa; Spider hunting wasp

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWER VISITING; HONEYBEE; NECTARIVORY; NEW RECORD; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SPECIALIZATION; WASP;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOCYNACEAE; APOIDEA; ARANEAE; ASCLEPIADOIDEAE; ASCLEPIAS; ASPIDOGLOSSUM; CEROPEGIA; CETONIINAE; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPEPSIS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; PACHYCARPUS; POMPILIDAE; SCARABAEIDAE; XYSMALOBIUM;

EID: 70350568908     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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