Polychorous Puncture Vine Tribulus terrestris L. (Zygophyllaceae), a potential forage source for a guild of insect pollinators during the wet season

Autor:	null P. Suvarna Raju, null A.J. Solomon Raju
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	Animal Science and Zoology Management Monitoring Policy and Law Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation
Zdroj:	Journal of Threatened Taxa. 15:23279-23282
ISSN:	0974-7907 0974-7893
DOI:	10.11609/jott.8276.15.5.23279-23282
Popis:	Tribulus terrestris is a herbaceous weed capable of growing throughout the year in many habitats. It is hermaphroditic, protogynous, and self-pollinating, although it is also insect-pollinated. The insects involved in pollination use their flowers as a potential forage source by displaying fidelity during the wet season when profuse flowering occurs. The functional traits relating to sexual reproduction such as autonomous selfing, insect-pollination, polychory, and C4 photosynthetic pathway are quite advantageous for the plant to grow as a successful weed in different habitats, prominently in open habitats.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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