Can we use floral traits to accurately predict hummingbird and bat pollinators of the bromeliad genus Vriesea?
Tag - ornithophily
William Salter
Why do some columbines make life harder for their pollinators?
The flowers of Aquilegia eximia, the serpentine columbine, face downward, but the hummingbirds that pollinate it prefer horizontal flowers, so why do the flowers face the wrong way?
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
Evolution of Old World Salvia in Africa
A phylogenetic reconstruction suggests that parallel character evolution is the rule rather than the exception in Old World Salvia in Africa.
botanyone
Pollen limitation in hummingbird-pollinated plants
Many species of hummingbird-pollinated plants in a tropical montane rain forest experience pollen limitation.
AJ Cann
Nectar secretion in an ornithophilous bromeliad
Several members of Bromeliaceae show adaptations for hummingbird pollination in the Neotropics; however, the relationships between floral structure, nectar production and pollination are poorly understood. Stahl et al...
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...
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...
Nectary spur anatomy of selected Aeridinae
The nectary spur is a characteristic feature of Aeridinae; a large, orchid subtribe displaying diverse pollination strategies. Stpiczyńska et al. describe and compare its anatomy for a range of entomophilous and...
