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Intraspecific Variation in the Amino Acid Content of Floral Nectar
Author(s) -
Gottsberger G.,
Arnold T.,
Linskens H. F.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
botanica acta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 0932-8629
DOI - 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1989.tb00082.x
Subject(s) - nectar , amino acid , intraspecific competition , biology , pollination , botany , composition (language) , chemistry , biochemistry , zoology , pollen , linguistics , philosophy
In order to evaluate the constancy of amino acid composition and concentration, several randomly collected samples of genuine floral nectar from different flowers of several plant species were analysed. Although there seems to exist a rough pattern of species‐specific nectar amino acid composition, amino acid concentration varied strongly from sample to sample. Apart from the lack of constancy in concentration of floral amino acids, our samples do not show amino acid concentration values as assigned typical for the pertinent pollination mode by other workers.