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The Living Collection at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Illustrates the Floral Diversity in Streptocarpus (Gesneriaceae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
A visual summary of the floral types present in the diverse genus Streptocarpus is given along with descriptions of the different categories. We categorised the species and defined seven types and six sub-types.
Atkins, Hannah   +3 more
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On the reproductive ecology of trees in a mountain mesophytic forest in Michoacan, Mexico

open access: yes, 2017
Reproductive events of the main tree species of a mountain mesophytic forest are described, and complemented with data on the reproductive behavior of some shrubs and herbs.
H. Hernández, Yasmín Carreón-Abud
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The ecology of rodent pollination in Liparia parva (Fabaceae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The evolution of non-flying mammal pollination has given rise to a broad suite of adaptive plant traits including dull coloured and geoflorous flowers, copious sucrose rich nectar, nocturnal anthesis and nectar production and a musky odour.
Letten, Andrew
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Pólen estocado nos ninhos de abelhas dos gêneros Partamona, Scaura e Trigona (Hymenoptera, Apidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Bees and angiosperms established a mutualistic relationship along the evolutionary time. The aim of this study is to contribute for the understanding of this relation analyzing pollen stored by stingless bees colonies distributed along the Rio Negro ...
Absy, Maria Lúcia, Rech, André Rodrigo
core   +1 more source

Fenologia reprodutiva e biologia da polinização de Canavalia brasiliensis Mart. ex Benth (Fabaceae)

open access: yes, 2011
Reproductive phenology and pollination biology of Canavalia brasiliensis Mart. ex Benth (Fabaceae). This work studied the phenology and biology of the pollination of C. brasiliensis in an area of its natural occurrence (Pocinhos – PB).
Roberta Sales Guedes   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) feeding on stinkhorns spores (Fungi, Phallles): robbery or dispersal? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Records about stingless bee-fungi interaction are very rare. In Brazilian Amazonia, workers of Trigona crassipes (Fabricius, 1793) and Trigona fulviventris Guérin, 1835 visiting two stinkhorn species, Dictyophora sp.
Morato, Elder Ferreira   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Pollination of Plectranthus spp. (Lamiaceae) with sigmoid flowers in southern Africa

open access: yes, 2009
Within the South African Plectranthus species two specialized lines of corolla adaptations have evolved. Long-proboscid flies (Nemestrinidae) appear to have driven the development of Plectranthus species with long corolla tubes that are limited to the ...
C. Potgieter, T. Edwards, J. Staden
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Floral biology of Stachytarpheta maximiliani Scham. (Verbenaceae) and its floral visitors

open access: yes, 2006
This study describes the reproductive system of Stachytarpheta maximiliani (Verbenaceae), including its floral biology, nectar and pollen availability and insect foraging patterns, identifying whose species act as pollinators.
I. D. F. Barbola   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluating the effects of soil tillage on ground nesting bees in the southeastern United States [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Pollination by native bees is an economically and ecologically valuable service, necessary in both agricultural and natural landscapes. The majority of bee species nest below ground, an aspect of their biology that raises questions concerning how common ...
Cuminale, Anthony
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Notes on floral visitors in Seemannia sylvatica (Kunth) Hanstein (Gesneriaceae)

open access: yes, 2012
Pollination in Gesneriaceae commonly is associated with syndromes of ornithophily or melittophily, and usually others visitors are robbers of nectar.
Lianka Cairampoma, C. Martel
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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