Pollination biology of four sympatric species of Habenaria (Orchidaceae: Orchidinae) from southern Brazil

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-156

  Pedron, Marcelo ^a   Buzatto, Cristiano Roberto ^a   Singer, Rodrigo B ^a   Batista, João A N ^b   Moser, Alfred ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Butterflies; Floral morphology; Hesperiidae; Moths; Sphingidae

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; HERB; MORPHOLOGY; MOTH; NATIVE SPECIES; NECTAR; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SYMPATRY;

BRAZIL;

EUMORPHA; HABENARIA; HABENARIA MONTEVIDENSIS; HESPERIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA; MANDUCA SEXTA; ORCHIDACEAE; ORCHIDINAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; SPHINGIDAE; URBANUS;

EID: 84865862855     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01285.x     Document Type: Article

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