Twin oil sacs facilitate the evolution of a novel type of pollination unit (meranthium) in a south african orchid

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 311-323

  Steiner, Kim E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Diseae; Floral evolution; Huttonaea; Meranthium; Oil collecting bees; Orchidaceae; Pollination; Rediviva

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEE; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FLORAL TRAIT; MONOCOTYLEDON; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

APOIDEA; DISEAE; HUTTONAEA; IRIS (ANGIOSPERM); MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MELITTIDAE; ORCHIDACEAE; REDIVIVA;

EID: 76349089804     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900239     Document Type: Article

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