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Buzz-pollination in three nectariferousBoraginaceae and possible evolution of buzz-pollinated flowers

Abstract

Buzz-pollination was observed in three nectariferousBoraginaceae spp.:Onosma giganteaLam.,Trichodesma africana (L.)R. Br. andT. boissieriPost. An evolutionary pathway from usual nectariferous flowers to typical buzz-pollinated flowers is suggested.

Authors

Dukas R; Dafni A

Journal

Plant Systematics and Evolution, Vol. 169, No. 1-2, pp. 65–68

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

March 1990

DOI

10.1007/bf00935985

ISSN

0378-2697