Pollination biology of Symphonia globulifera (Clusiaceae)

dc.creatorBittrich, V
dc.creatorAmaral, MCE
dc.date1996
dc.date2014-11-16T20:54:53Z
dc.date2015-11-26T17:26:44Z
dc.date2014-11-16T20:54:53Z
dc.date2015-11-26T17:26:44Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T00:13:54Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T00:13:54Z
dc.identifierPlant Systematics And Evolution. Springer-verlag Wien, v. 200, n. 41671, n. 101, n. 110, 1996.
dc.identifier0378-2697
dc.identifierWOS:A1996UK03700008
dc.identifier10.1007/BF00984751
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/70645
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/handle/REPOSIP/70645
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/70645
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1284622
dc.descriptionThe pollination biology of Symphonia globulifera was studied in Central Amazonia, Brazil. As suggested by the bird syndrome of the flowers, these are mainly pollinated by hummingbirds. Occasional visits by other birds, butterflies and more rarely bees, as well as tamarin monkeys were also observed. Trigona bees partly destroy the flower tube to rob nectar. The possibility that S. globulifera may not be primarily adapted to hummingbird pollination is discussed. The pollen is intermixed in an oily fluid secreted by the anthers (antheroil). Each of the five stigmas consists of a pore-like opening at the apex and a small chamber behind it. The antheroil mixed with pollen is absorbed by capillarity into the chamber when deposited on the pore. The pollen germinates inside the stigma. The presence of antheroil and pore-like stigmas in the flowers of the closely related Platonia insignis indicate a similar mode of pollination. The results of this study are compared with observations in some other Clusiaceae (Caraipa, Clusia, Garcinia, Mahurea), where floral oils or floral resin occur. The role of these substances in the pollination process and their relation to the evolution of flower biology in Clusiaceae are briefly discussed.
dc.description200
dc.description41671
dc.description101
dc.description110
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSpringer-verlag Wien
dc.publisherVienna
dc.publisherAustria
dc.relationPlant Systematics And Evolution
dc.relationPlant Syst. Evol.
dc.rightsfechado
dc.rightshttp://www.springer.com/open+access/authors+rights?SGWID=0-176704-12-683201-0
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectClusiaceae, Guttiferae, Symphonia
dc.subjectpollination, nectar, hummingbirds, perching birds, antheroil
dc.subjectTrees
dc.titlePollination biology of Symphonia globulifera (Clusiaceae)
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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