Mice pollinate the Pagoda Lily, Whiteheadia bifolia (Hyacinthaceae) - First field observations with photographic documentation of rodent pollination in South Africa

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 713-719

  Wester, P ^a   Stanway, R ^a   Pauw, A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Floral syndrome; Hyacinthaceae; Rodent pollination; Therophily; Western Cape of South Africa; Whiteheadia bifolia

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; MONOCOTYLEDON; NECTARIVORY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; RODENT; SELECTION;

AFRICA; CEDERBERG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

AETHOMYS NAMAQUENSIS; HYACINTHACEAE; LILIUM; MUS; RODENTIA; WHITEHEADIA BIFOLIA;

EID: 70350575735     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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