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- Title
- Flower of <em>Trigonidium egertonianum</em>
- Author
- W. Mark Whitten University of Florida Florida Museum of Natural History P.O. Box 117800 Gainesville Florida 32611-7800 USA
- Keywords
- Trigonidium egertonianum
- Description
- Trigonidium egertonianum
- Flower of Trigonidium egertonianum, an orchid in the subtribe Maxillariinae.
Flowers of Trigonidium are pollinated by pseudocopulation by meliponine
bees attracted to the bluish petal apices; the bees attempt to copulate with the
flowers and become trapped in the funnel-shaped flowers. On the basis of molecular
data, Trigonidium was found to be embedded in the large polyphyletic
genus Maxillaria.
- Publisher
- Botanical Society of America
- Additional data
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copyright: Smith, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
- Collection
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Systematics and Phytogeography
- Botanical Name
- Trigonidium egertonianum
- Categories
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