Floral structure in the Asian palm Eugeissona tristis Griff. (Arecaceae: Calamoideae), and description of a new nectary type in the family

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 302, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 629-639

  Stauffer, Fred W ^a   Siegert, Silvia ^a   Silberbauer Gottsberger, Ilse ^b   Gottsberger, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Calamoideae; Flowers; Morphology; Nectaries; Non flying mammals; Palms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960356683     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-016-1292-8     Document Type: Article

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