Ancestral deceit and labile evolution of nectar production in the African orchid genus Disa

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Johnson, Steven D ^a   Hobbhahn, Nina ^a   Bytebier, Benny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diversification rates; Floral deception; Mimicry; Nectary; Phylogenetic signal; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANCESTRY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MIMICRY; MONOCOTYLEDON; NATURAL SELECTION; NECTAR; NECTARY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

DISA; ORCHIDACEAE;

NECTAR;

CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NECTAR; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYLOGENY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT NECTAR;

EID: 84891713365     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0500     Document Type: Article

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