Why do so many petals have conical epidermal cells?

Annals of Botany

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 609-616

  Whitney, Heather M ^a,c   Bennett, K M Veronica ^a   Dorling, Matthew ^a   Sandbach, Lucy ^a   Prince, David ^a   Chittka, Lars ^b   Glover, Beverley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antirrhinum majus; conical cell; epidermis; floral scent; floral temperature; flower colour; grip; petal; pollination; wettability

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BEE; DATA SET; FLOWER; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; MORPHOLOGY; PIGMENT; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WARMING; WETTABILITY;

ANIMAL; CELL SHAPE; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CELL; PLANT EPIDERMIS; POLLINATION; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; FLOWERS; PLANT CELLS; PLANT EPIDERMIS; POLLINATION; TEMPERATURE;

ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; APOIDEA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 80052666170     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr065     Document Type: Review

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