Elaiophor

Elaiophores (from Gr. Elaion -öl and phorein- carry) or oil glands are plant organs that secrete fatty oils to attract flower-visiting insects .

So they take in oil flowers the function in nectar flowers to Nektarien belongs. The oil separation can take place through an epithelium (epithelial elaiophore) or through hair (trichome elaiophore).

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• Gerhard Wagenitz : Dictionary of botany. Morphology, anatomy, taxonomy, evolution. 2nd, expanded edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-937872-94-0 .

Web links

• Oil flowers at the University of Darmstadt ( Memento from March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )