Flowers of Cypripedium fargesii (Orchidaceae) fool flat-footed flies (Platypezidae) by faking fungus-infected foliage

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 7478-7480

  Ren, Zong Xin ^a,b   Li, De Zhu ^a   Bernhardt, Peter ^c   Wang, Hong ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deceptive pollination; Mimicry

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CLADOSPORIUM; CROSS POLLINATION; CYPRIPEDIUM FARGESII; FOLIAGE; FUNGUS CULTURE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORCHIDACEAE; PLANT DISEASE; POLLEN ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CHINA; CLADOSPORIUM; CUES; DIPTERA; FLOWERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODORS; ORCHIDACEAE; POLLINATION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

AGATHOMYIA; APOIDEA; CLADOSPORIUM; CYPRIPEDIUM; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE; PLATYPEZIDAE;

EID: 79956301392     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1103384108     Document Type: Article

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