The mirror crack'd: Both pigment and structure contribute to the glossy blue appearance of the mirror orchid, Ophrys speculum

New Phytologist

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1038-1047

  Vignolini, Silvia ^a,b   Davey, Matthew P ^a   Bateman, Richard M ^c   Rudall, Paula J ^c   Moyroud, Edwige ^a   Tratt, Julia ^c   Malmgren, Svante ^d   Steiner, Ullrich ^b   Glover, Beverley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Copigmentation; Epidermis; Labellum; Ophrys speculum; Pollinator deceit; Specular reflection; Structural colour

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HERB; OLFACTORY CUE; PIGMENT; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL CUE;

HEXAPODA; OPHRYS; OPHRYS CILIATA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 84868545522     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04356.x     Document Type: Article

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