Nocturne for an unknown pollinator: First description of a night-flowering orchid (Bulbophyllum nocturnum)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 344-350

  Schuiteman, André ^a   Vermeulen, Jaap Jan ^b   De Vogel, Ed ^c   Vogel, Art ^c  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b Leiden University ^*  (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Myxogastria; New Britain; Orchidacaeae; Papua New Guinea; Pollination

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; FRUITING; MONOCOTYLEDON; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR;

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; NEW BRITAIN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

BULBOPHYLLUM; MYXOGASTRIA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 80054762449     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01183.x     Document Type: Article

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