Claim · model-written summary
Pollinia attached to the thorax of A. cineraria.
- Taxon
- Dendrobium prim-ulinum
Dendrobium primulinumt0 - Interactor
- A. cineraria
Andrena cinerariae0pollinator - Outcome
- thoraxe0
Verbatim
e0“head in case of Bombus species and thorax in A. cineraria.”
t0“Dendrobium prim-ulinum”
Title
A. Gonmei; A. N. Rao South Asian Journal of Experimental Biology 2015. doi:10.38150/sajeb.4(6).p308-314
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Flowers lasted an average of 10.1 ± 0.21 days.
- Observation The orchid was strictly self-incompatible and dependent on pollinators.
- Association Higher flowering synchrony was associated with higher reproductive output.
- Observation Andrena cineraria successfully pollinated the orchid.
- Observation Bombus species successfully pollinated the orchid.
- Observation Pollinia attached to the head of Bombus species.
- Mechanism The authors attributed different pollinia attachment sites to pollinator body size relative to floral parts.