Diverse pollination systems of the twin-spurred orchid genus Satyrium in African grasslands

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 95-103

  Johnson, Steven D ^a   Peter, Craig I ^d   Ellis, Allan G ^a,b   Boberg, Elin ^a,c   Botes, Christo ^a   van der Niet, Timotheüs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bird pollination; Flora of southern Africa; Floral syndromes; Functional morphology; Nectar sugar composition; Nyika Plateau; Pollinaria; Pollination success; Rostellum

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; SATYRIUM (ANGIOSPERM); SATYRIUM (BUTTERFLY); SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 79952041527     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-010-0411-1     Document Type: Article

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