Caught in the act: Pollination of sexually deceptive trap-flowers by fungus gnats in Pterostylis (Orchidaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 629-641

  Phillips, Ryan D ^a,b,c   Scaccabarozzi, Daniela ^b,d   Retter, Bryony A ^b,c   Hayes, Christine ^a   Brown, Graham R ^e   Dixon, Kingsley W ^b,c   Peakall, Rod ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory   (Australia)

Author keywords

fungus gnat; Mycetophilidae; Orchid; pollination; Pterostylis; semiochemicals; sexual deception; specialization

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; FUNGUS; HERB; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIPTERA; DNA BARCODING; FLOWER; FRUIT; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GNAT; GENETICS; MALE; MYCETOPHILIDAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; PTEROSTYLIS; REPRODUCTION; SEMIOCHEMICALS; SEXUAL DECEPTION; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

FUNGUS GNAT; MYCETOPHILIDAE; ORCHID; POLLINATION; PTEROSTYLIS; SEMIOCHEMICALS; SEXUAL DECEPTION; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; FLOWERS; FRUIT; FUNGI; MALE; ORCHIDACEAE; POLLEN; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84895822456     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct295     Document Type: Article

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