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Melittophily and Ornithophily of Long-tubed Flowers in Zingiberaceae and Gesneriaceae in West Sumatra [PDF]

Melittophily and Ornithophily of Long-tubed Flowers in Zingiberaceae and Gesneriaceae in West Sumatra, 1993
Pollination of seven zingiberaceous and two gesneriaceous species was studied in natural forests at various altitudes in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Terrestrial, red, long-tubed flowers of Achasma macrocheilos were visited by a large, remarkably long-tongued anthophorine bee, Amegilla elephas.
Makoto KATO, Takao ITINO, Teruyoshi NAGAMITSU   +2 more
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Variation in plant-animal interactions along an elevational gradient of moist forest in a semiarid area of Brazil [PDF]

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2016
Pollination and dispersal are critical ecological processes that directly affect the reproductive success of plants and are important for understanding the structure of plant communities.
Ivan Jeferson Sampaio Diogo, Fernando Roberto Martins, Christiano Franco Verola, Itayguara Ribeiro da Costa   +3 more
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Cheaters among pollinators: Nectar robbing and thieving vary spatiotemporally with floral traits in Afrotropical forests [PDF]

Ecosphere, Volume 14, Issue 11, November 2023., 2023
Abstract Nectar robbers and thieves are common antagonists in plant–pollinator communities, where they deplete nectar without pollinating flowers, substantially affecting plant reproduction. Nevertheless, little is known about the relative abundance of such nectar exploiters in communities, even though spatiotemporal changes in the frequencies of ...
Hodeček, Jiří, Janeček, Štěpán, Klomberg, Yannick, Mertens, Jan E. J., Sakhalkar, Sailee P., Tropek, Robert   +5 more
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BEYOND HUMMINGBIRD-FLOWERS: THE OTHER SIDE OF ORNITHOPHILY IN THE NEOTROPICS [PDF]

Oecologia Australis, 2010
Polinizacao por aves na regiao Neotropical e amplamente conhecida como uma importante interacao ecossistemica, mas as aves que pousam e que visitam flores sao ainda vistas como meras oportunistas. Apesar dessas outras aves nao dependerem somente de recursos florais, existem muitas plantas que dependem exclusivamente delas para a sua polinizacao.
Márcia Alexandra Rocca, Marlies Sazima
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Phylogenetical Position versus Pollination Syndromes: Floral Trichomes of Central American and Mexican Pinguicula. [PDF]

Int J Mol Sci, 2023
Central American and Mexican Pinguicula species are characterized by enormous divergence in size and color of flowers and are pollinated by butterflies, flies, bees, and hummingbirds.
Lustofin K, Świątek P, Miranda VFO, Płachno BJ.   +3 more
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Phylogenomics reveals the evolution of floral traits associated with pollinators and pollinator-prey conflict within the carnivorous Pinguicula subgenus Temnoceras. [PDF]

Am J Bot
Abstract Premise The carnivorous plant genus Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae) exhibits remarkable floral diversity associated with pollination, particularly in the largest subgenus Temnoceras, which spans Mexico and Central America. Despite this diversity, the relationships between species and the evolution of key floral traits remain unresolved. Here, we
Liu Y, Lin Q, Fleck SJ, Mata-Rosas M, Ibarra-Laclette E, Renner T.   +5 more
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Do food trichomes occur in Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae) flowers? [PDF]

Ann Bot, 2020
• Background and Aims Floral food bodies (including edible trichomes) are a form of floral reward for pollinators. This type of nutritive reward has been recorded in several angiosperm families: Annonaceae, Araceae, Calycanthaceae, Eupomatiaceae ...
Lustofin K, Świątek P, Stolarczyk P, Miranda VFO, Płachno BJ.   +4 more
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Testing macroevolutionary predictions of the Grant-Stebbins model in the origin of Aeschynanthus acuminatus. [PDF]

New Phytol
Summary The Grant‐Stebbins model predicts that a plant species encountering different pollinators across its range may undergo local adaptation and, subsequently, ecological speciation. We tested whether this could explain the origin of Aeschynanthus acuminatus (Gesneriaceae), a species phylogenetically derived from sunbird specialist ancestors.
Lu JY, Xing YW, Luu HT, Ree RH.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Climate Change, Air Quality, and Pollen Allergies-State of the Art and Recommendations for Research and Public Health. [PDF]

Allergy
ABSTRACT Allergies are one of the major health challenges of our time, associated with a high individual burden of disease and high costs for the healthcare system. Given their prevalence, allergies are also highly relevant from a public health perspective. The development of allergic diseases is multifactorial. In addition to individual factors (e.g.,
Augustin J, Gilge S, Appel H, Dauert U, Endler C, Heesen R, Höflich C, Kuttler W, Schlünzen KH, Straff W, Werchan B, Werchan M, Zuberbier T, Traidl-Hoffmann C.   +13 more
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Carnivorous Plant Biology: From Gene to Traps. [PDF]

Int J Mol Sci, 2023
Carnivorous plants (approximately 850 species) are specific mixotrophic plants which all perform photosynthesis but need mainly nitrogen and phosphorous from animal or protist bodies [...
Płachno BJ.
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