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Centris sp. was a sole pollinator of Angelonia integerrima.

Taxon: Angelonia integerrima Spreng.Angelonia integerrimae1
Interactor: Centris sp.Centrise0pollinator
Outcome: pollinate the flowers while collecting the floral oilse0

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“The sole pollinators are oil-gathering solitary bees, Centris trigonoides Lepeletier, 1841 and Centris sp. (Apidae), that pollinate the flowers while collecting the floral oils”
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“Angelonia integerrima Spreng.”
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Title

Understanding the Reproductive Biology of Angelonia integerrima Spreng. (Plantaginaceae), a Native Southern Brazilian Plant with Horticulturally Desirable Traits

Júlia de Moraes Brandalise; Fernando H. Calderon-Quispe; Rafael Becker; et al. Plants 2025. doi:10.3390/plants14050663

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Observation Angelonia integerrima flowers are protandrous.
Observation Angelonia integerrima flowers remain fresh for up to nine days.
Observation Angelonia integerrima flowers produce oils in paired trichomes inside the corolla.
Observation Angelonia integerrima plants depend on pollinators.
Observation Angelonia integerrima plants are self compatible.
Observation Centris trigonoides was a sole pollinator of Angelonia integerrima.
Intervention effect Angelonia integerrima germinated best at 25 °C, with 50% success.
Recommendation The authors recommend domesticating Angelonia integerrima for horticulture in Southern Brazil.

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Four Centris bee species visited both floral morphs.

Taxon: J. anisandraJanusia anisandrae0
Interactor: CentrisCentrise0pollinator
Outcome: visiting the two morphse0
Value: Four speciese0

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“Four species of solitary bees of the genus Centris were registered visiting the two morphs of J. anisandra flowers”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1436–1550

Title

Janusia anisandra (A. Juss.) Griseb (Malpighiaceae): The first case of enantiostyly in oil‐flower species

Elisangela Lucia de Santana de Bezerra; Ana Carolina Sabino‐Oliveira; Isabel Cristina Machado Austral Ecology 2023. doi:10.1111/aec.13402

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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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P. pteryganthum was pollinated by female Centris ( Melacentris ) sp.

Taxon: P. pteryganthume0
Interactor: Centris ( Melacentris ) sp.Centrise0pollinator
Outcome: by females of oil‐gathering Centris ( Melacentris ) sp.e0

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“P. pteryganthum by females of oil‐gathering Centris ( Melacentris ) sp.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 561–632

Title

Efficient pollination and high reproductive success in two Brazilian Spiranthinae orchids: Insights on the evolutionary history of pollination within the Pelexia clade

Cristiano Roberto Buzatto; Michelle Helena Nervo; Agustin Sanguinetti; et al. Plant Species Biology 2022. doi:10.1111/1442-1984.12366

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Eufriesea, Centris and Xylocopa were the most frequent visiting genera.

Taxon: C. roseaCanavalia roseae0
Interactor: EufrieseaEufrieseae0pollinator
Second interactor: CentrisCentrise0pollinator
Outcome: most frequent visiting generae0
Qualifier: Xylocopae0

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“The most frequent visiting genera in C. rosea were Eufriesea, Centris and Xylocopa.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1367–1450

Title

Bee Diversity Associated with Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC. (Fabaceae, Papilionoideae) in an Peri-Urban Patch of “Restinga”

Vinícius Albano Araújo International Journal of Zoology and Animal Biology 2022. doi:10.23880/izab-16000407

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Observation Fourteen bee species and 192 individuals visited C. rosea.
Association Open flower number was significantly related to bee richness and abundance.
Observation Bee richness was greatest between January and March.
Observation Bee abundance was greatest in January.
Observation Eufriesea species had the greatest richness of pollen types.
Observation Most Xylocopa individuals carried C. rosea pollen.
Observation C. rosea was a floral resource for fourteen solitary bee species.

Observationauthor interpretationoriginal resultbasis n/a

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Potential pollinators such as Centris and Trigona bees should be well able to exert the required forces by pushing into the orchid flowers.

Taxon: orchide0
Interactor: Centris spp.Centrise0pollinator
Second interactor: Trigona spp.Trigonae0pollinator
Outcome: able to exert such forcese0

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“Potential pollinators, such as Centris spp. or Trigona spp. bees, should be well able to exert such forces by pushing their head/forebody into the orchid flowers”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1970–2131

Title

“Push and Pull”: Biomechanics of the Pollination Apparatus of Oncidium spp.

Marc Thielen; Dagmar Voigt; Friederike Gallenmüller; et al. Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering 2021. doi:10.3389/fmech.2020.635694

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Only one Centris species was recorded pollinating the orchid.

Taxon: Encyclia mapueraeEncyclia mapueraet0
Interactor: CentrisCentrise0pollinator
Outcome: a single species of Centris was recorded as pollinatore0

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“However, a single species of Centris was recorded as pollinator.”
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“Encyclia mapuerae”
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Title

Evidence of reward production and pollination by Centris in Encyclia (Orchidaceae: Laeliinae): the reproductive biology of Encyclia mapuerae

A. H. Krahl; D. R. P. Krahl; J. J. Valsko; et al. Australian Journal of Botany 2017. doi:10.1071/bt16253

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Observation Flowers have labellum lines that act as nectar guides.
Observation The secretory epidermis has papillae with ornamented cuticles.
Observation The tissue beneath the secretory epidermis is three layered collenchyma.
Observation The flowers attract several Hymenoptera species.
Observation Bees collect nectar from inside the cuniculus.
Observation Pollinaria attach to bees heads when the bees leave flowers.
Observation The orchid is self compatible.
Observation The orchid depends on pollinators.
Mechanism Natural reproductive success is low, attributed to scarce pollinators and deficient pollen transfer.

Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Calceolaria floral reward-access traits matched insect oil-collection traits.

Taxon: CalceolariaCalceolariat0
Interactor: Centris and ChalepogenusCentrisChalepogenuse1pollinator
Outcome: morphological matching between floral traits related to access to the reward and insect traits involved in oil collectione0

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“morphological matching between floral traits related to access to the reward and insect traits involved in oil collection”
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“Calceolaria”
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“Centris and Chalepogenus”
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Title

Pollination syndromes in a specialised plant‐pollinator interaction: does floral morphology predict pollinators in Calceolaria?

M. Murúa; A. Espíndola Plant Biology 2014. doi:10.1111/plb.12225

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Observation The results support pollination syndromes within Calceolaria and their extension to within-pollinator-group differences.

Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Centris territorial visits enhanced geitonogamous self-pollination and reduced pollination efficiency.

Taxon: Monttea aphyllaMonttea aphyllat0
Interactor: Centris speciesCentrise0pollinator
Outcome: reduced pollination efficiencye0
Qualifier: territorial behavioure0

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“Centris species are oil-collecting bees and showed territorial behaviour (i.e. they always visited a restricted group of plants which they protected from other visitors), they visited several flowers/plants, which enhanced geitonogamous self-pollination and reduced pollination efficiency”
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“Monttea aphylla”
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Title

Reproductive biology of Monttea aphylla (Scrophulariaceae)

Mariana Tadey Australian Journal of Botany 2012. doi:10.1071/bt10282

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Observation Southern Monttea aphylla was self-incompatible and relied on pollinators for fruit production.
Observation Fruit set was low at the southern site.
Observation Flowering occurred from October to December.
Observation Centris brethesi pollinated the shrub as a generalist bee.
Observation Mesonychium jenseni pollinated the shrub as a generalist bee.
Observation Centris vardyorum pollinated the shrub as a specialist and was the most important pollinator locally.
Observation Southern populations appeared more specialized than northern populations in pollinators.

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Sexual reproduction depends on pollen transfer by Centris.

Taxon: Senna multijugaSenna multijugat0
Interactor: CentrisCentrise0pollinator
Outcome: Sexual reproductione0

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“Sexual reproduction of S. multijuga depends on the transfer of pollen by large bees (Bombus, Centris, Epicharis and Xylocopa), as the species is self-incompatible.”
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“Senna multijuga”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 48–63

Title

Reproduction, pollination and seed predation of Senna multijuga (Fabaceae) in two protected areas in the Brazilian Atlantic forest

Wolowski, Marina; Freitas, Leandro DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) 2011

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Observation Senna multijuga is self-incompatible.
Observation Sexual reproduction depends on pollen transfer by Bombus.
Observation Sexual reproduction depends on pollen transfer by Epicharis.
Observation Sexual reproduction depends on pollen transfer by Xylocopa.
Observation Acanthoscelides predated seeds.
Observation Sennius predated seeds.
Observation Vegetative and reproductive phenodynamics differed among sites.
Observation Ecological interactions were lower at the protected area.
Observation Reproductive processes were not critically degraded.
Recommendation Intermediate-protection areas are suitable as buffer zones.

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Euglossa and Centris were the main pollinators.

Taxon: Jacaranda copaiaJacaranda copaiat0
Interactor: EuglossaEuglossae0pollinator
Second interactor: Centris speciesCentrise0pollinator
Outcome: main pollinatorse0
Qualifier: compatibility between their body sizes with the corolla tube, direct contact with the reproductive structures and high frequency of visitse0

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“Jacaranda copaia”
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“the main pollinators were medium-sized solitary bees as Euglossa and Centris species due to the compatibility between their body sizes with the corolla tube, direct contact with the reproductive structures and high frequency of visits”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1210–1444

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Pollination biology in Jacaranda copaia (Aubl.) D. Don. (Bignoniaceae) at the "Floresta Nacional do Tapajós", Central Amazon, Brazil

Márcia Motta Maués; Paulo Eugênio A. M. de Oliveira; Milton Kanashiro Revista Brasileira de Botânica 2008. doi:10.1590/s0100-84042008000300015

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Observation Flowering spans August to November and lasts up to four weeks per tree and 3-4 months per population.
Observation Fruit set ends at the rainy season onset, with winged seeds dispersed by wind.
Observation Open pollination yielded 1.06% fruit set.
Intervention effect Self pollen hand pollination did not set fruit.
Intervention effect Cross pollination produced 6.54% fruit set, six times natural pollination.
Intervention effect Flowers excluded from insects did not set fruit.
Observation Pollen tubes reached the ovary in cross-pollinated and selfed pistils.
Observation The species is obligately outcrossing with late-acting self incompatibility.
Observation Approximately 40 native bee species visited the flowers.

Centris 24 claims

24 claims