Floral scent in Annonaceae

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 262-279

  Goodrich, Katherine R ^a  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal angiosperm; Floral odour; Mimicry; Pollination strategy; Scent ecology; SPME

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; FLORAL TRAIT; FRUIT; FUNGUS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MIMICRY; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANNONACEAE; APIDAE; APOIDEA; FUNGI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; UNONOPSIS;

EID: 84859884994     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01220.x     Document Type: Article

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