This chapter reviews knowledge of the role that floral odors play in insect-flower
associations, with special emphasis on empirically obtained evidence; the circumstantial …

This chapter reviews the structures and abundances of the chemical compound groups in a
wider range of plants, and discusses various aspects of variation in floral scent chemistry …

A unique and personal insight into the ecology and evolution of pollinators, their
relationships with flowers, and their conservation in a rapidly changing world. The …

This revision of the now classic Plant Anatomy offers a completely updated review of the
structure, function, and development of meristems, cells, and tissues of the plant body. The …

Page 1 GENERA ORCHIDACEARUM Volume 2 Orchidoideae (Part one) Edited by Alec M.
Pridgeon, Phillip I. Cribb Page 2 For centuries orchids have been among the most popular …

Pollinators and pollination are crucial in the functioning of almost all terrestrial ecosystems
including those dominated by agriculture because they are in the front line of sustainable …

For the past 40 years, the ecology and evolution of plant secondary metabolites have been
major foci of investigation. We use one class of secondary metabolites, the terpenes, as a …

Bulbous (rarely rhizomatous), mostly geophytic, perennials, terrestrial, occasionally aquatic
or epiphytic, rich in family-specific alkaloids. Bulbs tunicate. Leaves annual or persistent …

This chapter provides a description of all plant families and genera that include putative fully
mycoheterotrophic species, excluding initial and partial mycoheterotrophs. The overview …

Abstract The KwaZulu‐Natal region of South Africa hosts a large diversity of asclepiads
(Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae), many of which are endemic to the area. The asclepiads …