What we think we know vs. What we need to know about orchid pollination and conservation: Cypripedium L. as a model lineage

Botanical Review

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 204-219

  Bernhardt, Peter ^a   Edens Meier, Retha ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cypripedium; Fruit Set; Pollinator Limited; Predation

Indexed keywords

CYPRIPEDIUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 77952424570     PISSN: 00068101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12229-010-9042-z     Document Type: Article

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