Floral specialization for beetle pollination and its implications for pollen dispersal in an African orchid. [PDF]
Am J BotAbstract Premise Pollination by beetles is relatively rare in orchids, and this has been attributed to the clumsy behavior of beetles being unsuitable for the precise pollen transfer mechanisms that characterize the orchid family. We investigated floral specialization for beetle pollination in the rare fire‐dependent South African orchid Disa elegans ...
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American highbush cranberry maintains strong population structure despite naturalization of Eurasian relatives in North America. [PDF]
Am J BotAbstract Premise The proper classification of taxa is often debated, particularly when organisms lack qualitative diagnostic traits. Highbush cranberry taxa (Viburnum spp.) have been the subject of such disputes since their characterization by 18th‐ and 19th‐century botanists. Despite their allopatric distributions—V.
Tork DG, Anderson NO, Brusa A, Smith AG.
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Ornamental Horticulture, 2021 Cycnoches haagii Barb. Rodr. is an epiphytic orchid very targeted by collectors, but no reference was found in the literature about its reproductive biology.
Vespasiano Borges de Paiva Neto +5 more
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Comparing levels of geitonogamous visitation by honey bees and other pollinators
Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2023 Geitonogamy, the transfer of pollen from one flower to another on the same plant, is often the primary means of self-pollination in flowering plants.
Dillon Travis, Joshua Kohn
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Anther mimicry in an African orchid pollinated by pollen-feeding beetles. [PDF]
Plant Biol (Stuttg)Beetles chew the fleshy yellow tips of an orchid's petals and pollinate its flowers, representing a novel case of pollen‐seeking beetles being deceived through anther mimicry. Abstract Flowers of many species have yellow markings that appear to mimic anthers or pollen and attract the attention of pollen‐seeking insects (usually female bees).
Adit A, Johnson SD.
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Nectaries and reproductive biology of croton sarcopetalus (euphorbiaceae) [PDF]
, 2001 Flower morphology, nectary structure, nectar chemical composition, breeding system, floral visitors and pollination were analysed in Croton sarcopetalus, a diclinous-monoecious shrub from Argentina.
Bernardello, Gabriel Luis Mario +3 more
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Floral biology and pollination ecology of Desmos chinensis (Annonaceae): assessing the efficacy of floral synchrony for promoting xenogamy [PDF]
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Pang, CC, Saunders, RMK
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Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2010 Many plant species rely on female bumble bee workers for pollen transfer. However, male bumble bees, which differ both behaviourally and morphologically from female workers, also visit many species of flowering plants and may transfer pollen differently.
Katherine Ostevik +2 more
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Sex allocation and reproductive success in the andromonoecious perennial, Solanum carolinense (Solanaceae). II. paternity and functional gender [PDF]
, 2017 The work was supported by a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement grant (DEB‐9411513), by the Society for Sigma Xi, and by a Hutcheson Memorial Forest grant.According to Bateman's principle, male fitness in entomophilous plant ...
Elle, E, Meagher, Thomas Robert
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Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2011 The impact of introduced species on native organisms is one of the main conservation concerns around the world. To fully understand the effect of introduced pollinators on native plants, it is important to know the reproductive biology of the focal ...
Marcos A. Caraballo-Ortiz +1 more
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