Nectar robbers pollinate flowers with sexual organs hidden within corollas in distylous Primula secundiflora (Primulaceae)

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 785-787

  Zhu, Xing Fu ^a   Wan, Jin Peng ^a   Li, Qing Jun ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Distyly; Nectar robbing; Reciprocity; Robber like pollinator

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ENTOMOPHILY; FLOWER; HERB; HONEYBEE; NECTAR; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; ROBBING;

PRIMULA SECUNDIFLORA; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 78649808093     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0345     Document Type: Article

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