Differentiation of floral traits associated with pollinator preference in a generalist-pollinated herb, Trollius Ranunculoides (Ranunculaceae)

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 637-646

  Zhao, Zhi Gang ^a   Huang, Shuang Quan ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Floral divergence; Flower size; Petal number; Phenotypic selection analysis; Pollinator assemblage; Trollius ranunculoides

Indexed keywords

FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER; FLY; GENERALIST; HERB; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NECTAR; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

APOIDEA; RANUNCULACEAE; TROLLIUS RANUNCULOIDES;

EID: 84876365251     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669910     Document Type: Article

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