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- Title
- European skipper (<em>Thymelicus lineola</em>) removes nectar from a female blad
- Author
- Claudia L. Jolls University of Michigan Biological Station Pellston Michigan 49769 USA
- Keywords
- Silene vulgar, pollinator activity, nectar production, sugar content
- Description
- BSA Plant Images Online -
- At left, female (top) and hermaphrodite (bottom) flower of bladder campion (Silene vulgaris); their nectaries differ in production of sugar content. At right, a European skipper (Thymelicus lineola) removes nectar from a female bladder campion flower. Differences in nectar production between the genders of plants may affect pollinator activity and, ultimately, indbreeding.
- Additional data
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copyright: Claudia L. Jolls, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
- Collection
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Reproductive Biology
- Botanical Name
- <em>Silene vulgaris</em>
- End User Role
- Teacher, Learner
- Link URL
- http://www.botany.org/Abstracts/81-01-60.php
- Link Title
- Spectrophotometric analysis of nectar production in <em>Silene vulgaris</em> (Caryophyllaceae)
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