Claim · model-written summary
Pollination of Lilium sargentiae was mostly or totally effected by the hawkmoth A . convolvuli.
- Taxon
- Lilium sargentiae
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Lilium sargentiaee0 - Interactor
- A . convolvuli
Agrius convolvulie1pollinator - Outcome
- pollinatione1
- Qualifier
- mostly or totallye1
Verbatim
e0“We investigated the pollination biology of Lilium sargentiae E. H. Wilson”
e1“Lilium sargentiae was visited by A . convolvuli as well as small beetles (Nitidulidae) but pollination was mostly or totally effected by the moth”
Title
Chang‐Qiu Liu; Hang Sun Journal of Systematics and Evolution 2018. doi:10.1111/jse.12419
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation Lilium sargentiae was visited by small beetles (Nitidulidae).
- Observation Lilium sargentiae was consistent with other hawkmoth-pollinated plants in floral tube length, nectar traits and tepal reflectance.
- Observation Lilium sargentiae was consistent with other hawkmoth-pollinated plants in scent composition.
- Observation First experimental evidence of hawkmoth pollination in the genus Lilium, in a natural habitat.
- Mechanism Long-tongued hawkmoths as a distinctive pollinator niche may have underlain the evolution of long-tubed flowers across continents.