Quantitative classification of Camellia japonica and Camellia rusticana (Theaceae) based on leaf and flower morphology [PDF]
Plant Diversity, 2021 In Japan, Camellia japonica and Camellia rusticana are naturally distributed. Despite differences in their habitats and morphologies, they have been classified by various researchers as either varieties, subspecies, or species.
Harue Abe +2 more
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Nectar sugars and bird visitation define a floral niche for basidiomycetous yeast on the Canary Islands. [PDF]
BMC Ecol, 2015 Studies on the diversity of yeasts in floral nectar were first carried out in the late 19th century. A narrow group of fermenting, osmophilous ascomycetes were regarded as exclusive specialists able to populate this unique and species poor environment ...
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Contradistinctive floral attributes, pollination guilds and their consequence on the outcrossing rate in two elevational morphs of Rhododendron arboreum Sm. [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceInfraspecific floral trait variations may appear in response to elevational differences in alpine plant species. There is enormous information on the selection of such morphs mediated by biotic and/or abiotic variables.
Sachin Singh Sorokhaibam +5 more
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Historical development of ornithophily in the western North American flora. [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1994 The 129 ornithophilous plant species in western North America have floristic affinities with one or the other of four geofloras: the Arcto-Tertiary flora (101 species), Madro-Tertiary flora (19 species), Madrean-Tethyan flora (8 species), and Neotropical flora (1 species).
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Ornithophily in the Rhamnaceae: The pollination of the Chilean endemic Colletia ulicina
Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants, 2005 Abstract Colletia ulicina , an endemic species from the central region of Chile, displays red, tubular, scented, nectariferous flowers at the tip of its branches. Observations at two sites during two consecutive years indicate that the hummingbird Sephanoides sephaniodes (Trochilidae) visits the flowers on a regular basis.
Medan, Diego, Montaldo, Norberto Horacio
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THE GIANT LOBELIAS: PACHYCAULY, BIOGEOGRAPHY, ORNITHOPHILY AND CONTINENTAL DRIFT [PDF]
New Phytologist, 1975 SUMMARYRecent revisions of the Asian, Jamaican and African species of pachycaul lobelias raise a number of evolutionary and biogeographical problems. Discussion of the apparent forest pachycaul ancestry of the African species is applied to problems of biogeography, pollination and Continental Drift. The available facts are accommodated in an hypothesis,
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BEYOND HUMMINGBIRD-FLOWERS: THE OTHER SIDE OF ORNITHOPHILY IN THE NEOTROPICS [PDF]
Oecologia Australis, 2017 Polinização por aves na região Neotropical é amplamente conhecida como uma importante interação ecossistêmica, mas as aves que pousam e que visitam flores são ainda vistas como meras oportunistas.
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THE POLLINATION OF MARCGRAVIA: A CLASSICAL CASE OF ORNITHOPHILY?
American Journal of Botany, 1922 Since the publication of Darwin's investigations upon the pollination of orchids, many biologists have tended to assume that flowers which are visited by insects and birds are pollinated by these animals, and that aberrant types of floral organization are adaptations to insure cross-pollination.
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Combining blood meal analysis and parasite detection yields a more comprehensive understanding of insect host feeding patterns [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground Traditionally, blood meal analysis has been the primary method used to assess feeding patterns of insects. In contrast, parasite detection is commonly applied to monitor parasite circulation and prevalence in vectors, but rarely to study host ...
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2012 Boswellia ovalifoliolata (Burseraceae) is a narrow endemic and endangered deciduous tree species. Its flowering, fruiting and seed dispersal events occur in a leafless state during the dry season.
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