ON INSECT ATTRACTANTS FROM PITCHER PLANTS OF THE GENUS HELIAMPHORA (SARRACENIACEAE)

Authors
JAFFE K BLUM MS FALES HM MASON RT CABRERA A
Citation
K. Jaffe et al., ON INSECT ATTRACTANTS FROM PITCHER PLANTS OF THE GENUS HELIAMPHORA (SARRACENIACEAE), Journal of chemical ecology, 21(3), 1995, pp. 379-384
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology,Biology
Journal title
Journal of chemical ecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00980331
Volume
21
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
379 - 384
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-0331(1995)21:3<379:OIAFPP>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Examination of Heliamphora heterodoxa and H. tatei from the Guayana Hi ghlands of Venezuela reveals that the enol diacetal monoterpene, sarra cenin, is the major volatile compound present in the spoon-shaped stru ctures of leaves of the pitchers. In addition, erucamide, phenol, cine rone, phenylacetaldehyde, and a series of methyl esters also occur in extracts of the spoon-shaped appendages of pitchers at the time during which they attract insects.