The Pollination Biology of North American Orchids: Volume 1 North of Florida and Mexico /

• Main Author: Argue, Charles L. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant physiology.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Physiology.

Recent studies have revealed remarkable complexity and diversity in orchid-pollinator relationships. These studies comprise a vast literature currently scattered in numerous, often obscure, journals and books. The Pollination Biology of North American Orchids brings together, for the first time, a c...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction.-  Cypripedium L. (the lady’s-slippers), Introduction
• Section Acaulia
• Section Obtusipetala
• Section Cypripedium
• Sections Arietinum and Enantiopetalum
• Sections Irapeana and Bifolia
• Platanthera L., Introduction
• Limnorchis Group
• Platanthera Group
• Lacera Group
• Blephariglottis Group
• Platantheras of unknown alignment
• Other Orchideae
• Glossary.