The Living Collection at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Illustrates the Floral Diversity in Streptocarpus (Gesneriaceae) [PDF]
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
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
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The ecology of rodent pollination in Liparia parva (Fabaceae) [PDF]
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]
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
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Fenologia reprodutiva e biologia da polinização de Canavalia brasiliensis Mart. ex Benth (Fabaceae)
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
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Stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) feeding on stinkhorns spores (Fungi, Phallles): robbery or dispersal? [PDF]
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
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Pollination of Plectranthus spp. (Lamiaceae) with sigmoid flowers in southern Africa
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
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Floral biology of Stachytarpheta maximiliani Scham. (Verbenaceae) and its floral visitors
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
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Evaluating the effects of soil tillage on ground nesting bees in the southeastern United States [PDF]
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)
Pollination in Gesneriaceae commonly is associated with syndromes of ornithophily or melittophily, and usually others visitors are robbers of nectar.
Lianka Cairampoma, C. Martel
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