Where does the best pollen for reproduction come from? For Anigozanthos manglesii it comes from surprisingly close neighbours.
Tag - Bird-pollination
Alun Salt
Floral micromorphology of bird-pollinated carnivorous Utricularia
Most bladderworts (genera Pinguicula, Genlisea, Utricularia, Lentibulariaceae) are pollinated by insects. Bird pollination is rare and has probably evolved independently three times in this family. In Western Australia...
Alex Assiry
Do pollinators drive the evolution of flowers?
Angiosperms, the flowering plants, are the astonishingly diverse. But what drives the selection pressures to create this diversity? One explanation is the Grant-Stebbins model. This model looks at pollination as a...
Passerine pollination in a winter-flowering tree
Birds can be alternative pollinators for winter-flowering plants outside the tropics where low temperatures limit insect activity. Feng et al. observe pollinator visitation to loquat (Eriobotrya japonica, Rosaceae) and...
botanyone
Mixed bird and wasp pollination systems in Scrophularia
It has generally been considered that the flowers of Scrophularia are mainly pollinated by wasps. Ortega-Olivencia et al. study the four species with the largest and most striking flowers in Europe and Macaronesia (S...
