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New Phytologist, Volume 251, Issue 4, Page 2237-2247, August 2026.Hummingbird pollination is a hallmark of American plant diversity and has long been thought to evolve in tropical mountains due to declining bee activity. Using sister species of Costus specialized on bees (C. kuntzei) and hummingbirds (C. wilsonii), we show that this shift is not driven by reduced bee visitation with elevation, but by greater ...
Pedro Juárez +7 more
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Evolution of Seed Dispersal Modes in the Orchidaceae: Has the Vanilla Mystery Been Solved?
Horticulturae, 2023 Orchid seeds are predominantly wind-dispersed, often developed within dry, dehiscent fruits that typically release millions of dust-like seeds into the air.
Adam P. Karremans +4 more
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Euglossine bees mediate only limited long‐distance gene flow in a tropical vine [PDF]
New Phytologist, 2016 SummaryEuglossine bees (Apidae: Euglossini) have long been hypothesized to act as long‐distance pollinators of many low‐density tropical plants. We tested this hypothesis by the analysis of gene flow and genetic structure within and among populations of the euglossine bee‐pollinated vineDalechampia scandens.Using microsatellite markers, we assessed ...
Opedal, Øystein H. +6 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Human activities have modified the landscape composition. The changes in the landscape structure can be evaluated by metrics, which are influenced, among other factors, by the number of cover classes used for the landscape classification (thematic ...
Lázaro da Silva Carneiro +5 more
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Floral Handedness in Mormodes Orchids: Revisiting Charles Darwin's Observations
Biotropica, Volume 57, Issue 6, November 2025.In this study, we scrutinized floral enantiostyly in Mormodes orchids, a unique trait within Orchidaceae first observed by Charles Darwin. We hypothesize how intricate column twisting drives strategic pollinarium placement onto opposite sides of the thorax of male euglossine bees, enhancing cross‐pollination.
Arthur Domingos‐Melo +2 more
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Diversity and Distributions, Volume 31, Issue 10, October 2025.ABSTRACT Aim The distribution of species relying on mutualistic partners for reproduction can be constrained by their partners' distribution. Nonetheless, biotic interactions are often overlooked when estimating the distributions of species (e.g., pollinators of a given plant and the proportion of them with their distribution modelled). In the Tropics,
Amanda Fricensaft Baracat +3 more
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Revista de Biología Tropical, 2004 During 30 days male euglossine bees were bait-sampled at 12 sites, in the central Pacific coast of Colombia (ten days and four sites at each of three adjacent habitats: farmlands, highly disturbed forest and less disturbed forest) and 487 individuals ...
Juan Carlos Sandino
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Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2002 A study was conducted in an early second-growth forest aiming at knowing the richness, relative abundance, seasonal distribution, and hourly frequency of euglossine bees, and their association with scent baits.
SILVA F. S., REBÊLO J. M. M.
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Observations on fragrance collection behaviour of euglossine bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 2015 AbstractMale bees of the tribe Euglossini collect volatile chemicals secreted by orchids using dense patches of hair on the front tarsi. After collecting chemicals, the bee hovers while transferring these fragrances to invaginations on the hind tibiae. The fragrance collection and hovering behaviours are repeated multiple times.
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More than fruity scents: Pollination biology, scent, and spectral reflectance of Annonaceae species
Plant Species Biology, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 403-425, September 2025.We characterised the floral visual and olfactory cues of numerous Annonaceae species and reported their pollinators. We further assessed the olfactory space of most Annonaceae species available in the literature. Abstract The family Annonaceae possesses a broad array of floral phenotypes and pollination specializations, and are important in the plant ...
Ming‐Fai Liu +4 more
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