More than meets the eye: A morphological and phylogenetic comparison of long-spurred, white-flowered satyrium species (Orchidaceae) in south africa

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 417-430

  Van Der Niet, Timotheüs ^a   Liltved, William R ^b   Johnson, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Cape floristic region; Flower colour; ITS; Moth pollination; Nectar spur; New species; Rostellum; Satyrium eurycalcaratum; SEM

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; FLORAL TRAIT; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORPHOLOGY; MOTH; NECTAR; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; POLLINATION; RELATEDNESS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

LEPIDOPTERA; ORCHIDACEAE; SATYRIUM (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 79960520267     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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