Can a stench be beautiful? - Osmophores in stem-succulent stapeliads (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae-Stapeliinae)

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-105

  PŁachno, Bartosz Jan ^a   Światek, Piotr ^b   Szymczak, Grazyna ^c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^c MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carrion flowers; Ceropegieae; Floral odors; Fly pollination; Osmophores; Scent mimicry

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CYTOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWER; MIMICRY; MORPHOLOGY; ODOR; OVIPOSITION; POLLINATOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

APOCYNACEAE; ARACEAE; ASCLEPIADOIDEAE; BOUCEROSIA; BOUCEROSIA INDICA; CEROPEGIA; CEROPEGIEAE; ORBEA; ORBEA VARIEGATA; ORCHIDACEAE; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; PASSIFLORACEAE;

EID: 75149143840     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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