First record of insect pollinators visiting Muscari comosum (L.) Miller (Liliaceae-Hyacinthaceae), an ancient Mediterranean food plant

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 889-894

  Canale, A ^a   Benelli, G ^a   Benvenuti, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Bombyliidae; entomophilous pollination; ethnobotany; scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; BOMBYLIIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYACINTHACEAE; LILIACEAE; MUSCARI COMOSUM;

EID: 84911396397     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2013.863810     Document Type: Article

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