Claim · model-written summary
Flowers of D. biflora contained copious nectar.
- Taxon
- D. bifloraDillenia biflorae1
- Organ / stage
- flowerse0
- Outcome
- copious nectare0
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e0“The flowers, receptive for one night, contained copious nectar”
e1“identify the pollinators of D. biflora”
Title
Sophie Petit; Annette T. Scanlon; Alivereti Naikatini; et al. PLoS ONE 2022. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0262985
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation D. biflora flowers were receptive for only one night.
- Observation D. biflora flowers had permanently closed globose corollas that had to be removed by bats for pollination.
- Observation All 101 flowers that retained their corolla died and did not produce seeds by cleistogamy.
- Observation The bat Notopteris macdonaldi was well adapted to corolla removal.
- Mechanism The authors interpret keeping corollas closed until bats manipulate the nectar-rich flowers as a beneficial strategy in high-rainfall environments with many flower parasites.
- Observation Other Dillenia species in the geographical range of the genus are probably reliant exclusively on bats for pollination (chiropteropisunous).
- Recommendation The authors recommend that chiropteropisteusis be investigated in the Old-World range of Dillenia.