Pollination biology ofTernstroemia laevigata andT. dentata (Theaceae)

Autor:	Volker Bittrich, G. A. R. Melo, Maria C. E. Amaral
Rok vydání:	1993
Předmět:	Buzz pollination biology Pollination Stamen Plant Science Hymenoptera Ternstroemia medicine.disease_cause biology.organism_classification Apex (geometry) Pollen Botany medicine Petal Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics
Zdroj:	Plant Systematics and Evolution. 185:1-6
ISSN:	1615-6110 0378-2697
DOI:	10.1007/bf00937716
Popis:	The flowers of two species ofTernstroemia from Central Amazonia were observed to be pollinated by female bees performing vibrational foraging. The anthers of these flowers are longitudinally dehiscent. They are completely included in a petal tube, which opens by a small pore at the apex. Pollen is expelled out of this pore when the bees vibrate the flower while curling over the apex of the petal tube. The much elongated connectives probably transmit the vibrations from the petals to the anthers. The possible occurrence of this mode of pollination in other species ofTernstroemia is briefly discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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