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Pollination ecology of Rhynchosia cana (Willd.) DC. (Fabaceae), an erect sub-shrub, in peninsular India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
Rhynchosia cana is a perennial erect sub-shrub. It flowers during November-January with peak flowering in December. The flowers are hermaphroditic, nectariferous, self-compatible and display explosive pollination mechanism adapted for pollination by ...
A.J. Solomon Raju, K. Venkata Ramana
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Measurement of fruit color-heterogeneity index and their relation to Jatropha curcas L., oil in Colombia

Acta Agronómica, 2017
Jatropha curcas L. is a wild species in the domestication process with an oil and biofuel potential use. The evolutionary-adaptive processes have conferred a reproductive mechanism based on protogyny-geitonogamy, achieving a floral asynchrony addressed ...
Luis Fernando Campuzano Duque, Fernando Cardeño +1 more
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Apis mellifera pollination improves agronomic productivity of anemophilous castor bean (Ricinus communis)

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2012
Castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) is cultivated mainly for biodiesel production because of its oil-rich seeds; it is assumed to be an anemophylous species. But pollination deficit can lead to low productivity often attributed to other reasons.
Rômulo A.G. Rizzardo +3 more
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The role of within-plant variation in nectar production: an experimental approach. [PDF]