Trickery flowers: the extraordinary chemical mimicry of Aristolochia to accomplish deception to its pollinators

New Phytol. 2015 Apr;206(1):10-13. doi: 10.1111/nph.13328.
No abstract available

Keywords: Aristolochia; chemical deception; chemical mimicry; floral volatiles; fly-mirid-flower mimic system; kleptomyiophily; mutualism; pollinators.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Aristolochia / chemistry*
  • Diptera / physiology*
  • Female
  • Insecta / physiology*
  • Oils, Volatile / chemistry*

Substances

  • Oils, Volatile