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Piechowski, D. ; Dötterl, Stefan ; Gottsberger, Gerhard:
Pollination biology and floral scent chemistry of the Neotropical chiropterophilous Parkia pendula.
In: Plant Biology.
Vol. 12
(2010)
Issue 1
.
- pp. 172-182.
ISSN 1438-8677
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00215.x
Abstract in another language
During the past several decades, the pollination biology of Old World plant species pollinated by flying foxes and of New World plants pollinated by highly specialized nectar-feeding glossophagine bats has been studied in detail. However, little is known about Neotropical plants that are pollinated by less specialized phyllostomid bats. Therefore, we studied the pollination biology of Parkia pendula, a tree pollinated by Phyllostomus. Flowers of P. pendula are arranged in capitula, and a capitulum is composed of approximately 800 hermaphrodite flowers and 260 sterile flowers. The sterile flowers produced a total of 7.4 ml nectar per night, with a sugar concentration of 14.95%, and proline as the dominant amino acid. Nectar production is highest at dusk and ends at 03:00 h. The floral scent is dominated by monoterpenoids (97.9%), with (E)-b-ocimene being the dominant (84.0%)compound. No sulfur compounds were detected. The capitula are heavily visited by four species of phyllostomid bats, of which Phyllostomus discoloris the most abundant (98.9%). Nectar production per capitulum is within the reported range of nectar produced by this pantropical genus (5.0–8.0ml). This genus-wide range seems to be optimal for attracting nonspecialized nectar-feeding bats and forces them to visit capitula of severaltrees to satisfy their dietary needs, thus increasing the probability ofcross-pollination for this plant.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Additional notes: | BAYCEER72534 |
| Institutions of the University: | Research Institutions > Research Centres > Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research- BayCEER Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Biology > Chair Plant Systematics Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Biology Research Institutions Research Institutions > Research Centres |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 500 Science |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jul 2015 10:25 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jul 2015 10:25 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/15878 |