A reduced, yet functional, nectary disk integrates a complex system of floral nectar secretion in the genus Zeyheria (Bignoniaceae)

ABSTRACT The genus Zeyheria (Bignoniaceae) comprises only two species, both of which have been described as possessing a reduced and non-functional nectary disk. Despite the importance of this evolutionary change in the floral nectary, these functional assumptions have been based on disk size and on...

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Main Authors: Silvia Rodrigues Machado, Camila Vaz de Souza, Elza Guimarães
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Botânica do Brasil
Series:Acta Botânica Brasílica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062016005012104&lng=en&tlng=en