Anther and stigma morphology in mirror-image flowers of Chamaecrista chamaecristoides (Fabaceae): Implications for buzz pollination

Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 19-24

  Arceo Gomez G ^a,b   Martinez M L ^a   Parra Tabla, V ^c   Garcia Franco J G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Poricidal anther dehiscence; Sonication frequency; Stigma trichomes; Stigmatic cavity

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BEE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FLOWER; FLOWER VISITING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LEGUME; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIALIZATION; TRICHOME;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CHAMAECRISTA; FLOWER; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISION;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BEES; CHAMAECRISTA; FLOWERS; MEXICO; POLLEN; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

APOIDEA; CHAMAECRISTA CHAMAECRISTOIDES; FABACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 78650109438     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2010.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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