Balanophora tobiracola 6 claims

species · family Balanophoraceae · green plant · NCBI Taxonomy ↗

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Balanophora tobiracola
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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Balanophora tobiracola set high fruit even under emasculation

Taxon
Balanophora tobiracolaBalanophora tobiracolae0
Outcome
fruit sete1
Qualifier
even under emasculatione1

Verbatim

e0

“breeding system of the non-photosynthetic plant Balanophora tobiracola on Yakushima Island”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 408–498
e1

“Pollination experiments revealed high fruit set even under emasculation, indicating that agamospermy ensures seed production”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 762–886

Title

Cockroach pollination ensures sexual reproduction in the non‐photosynthetic plant Balanophora tobiracola

K. Suetsugu Plant Biology 2025. doi:10.1111/plb.13770

Other claims from this paper (4)
Observationauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Balanophora tobiracola still relies heavily on pollinator activity for sexual reproduction

Taxon
B. tobiracolaBalanophora tobiracolae2
Outcome
sexual reproductione2
Qualifier
relies heavily on pollinator activitye2

Verbatim

e2

“B. tobiracola still relies heavily on pollinator activity for sexual reproduction”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 897–978

Title

Cockroach pollination ensures sexual reproduction in the non‐photosynthetic plant Balanophora tobiracola

K. Suetsugu Plant Biology 2025. doi:10.1111/plb.13770

Other claims from this paper (4)
Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Ants and cockroaches were identified as effective pollinators of Balanophora tobiracola

Taxon
Balanophora tobiracolaBalanophora tobiracolae0
Interactor
AntsFormicidaee3pollinator
Second interactor
cockroachese3pollinator
Outcome
effective pollinatorse3

Verbatim

e0

“breeding system of the non-photosynthetic plant Balanophora tobiracola on Yakushima Island”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 408–498
e3

“Ants and cockroaches were identified as effective pollinators”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 980–1041

Title

Cockroach pollination ensures sexual reproduction in the non‐photosynthetic plant Balanophora tobiracola

K. Suetsugu Plant Biology 2025. doi:10.1111/plb.13770

Other claims from this paper (4)
Observationobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Contributions of pyralid moths, crane flies and nitidulid beetles to pollination of Balanophora tobiracola were negligible

Taxon
Balanophora tobiracolaBalanophora tobiracolae0
Interactor
pyralid moths, crane flies, and nitidulid beetlese4pollinator
Outcome
contributionse4
Qualifier
were negligiblee5

Verbatim

e0

“breeding system of the non-photosynthetic plant Balanophora tobiracola on Yakushima Island”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 408–498
e4

“contributions of pyralid moths, crane flies, and nitidulid beetles”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1051–1117
e5

“were negligible”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1169–1184

Title

Cockroach pollination ensures sexual reproduction in the non‐photosynthetic plant Balanophora tobiracola

K. Suetsugu Plant Biology 2025. doi:10.1111/plb.13770

Other claims from this paper (4)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

A single visit from certain cockroach species significantly enhanced pollination of Balanophora tobiracola

Taxon
Balanophora tobiracolaBalanophora tobiracolae0
Treatment
a single visite6
Interactor
cockroach speciese6pollinator
Outcome
pollinatione6
Direction
enhancede6

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0

“breeding system of the non-photosynthetic plant Balanophora tobiracola on Yakushima Island”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 408–498
e6

“a single visit from certain cockroach species significantly enhanced pollination”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1195–1275

Title

Cockroach pollination ensures sexual reproduction in the non‐photosynthetic plant Balanophora tobiracola

K. Suetsugu Plant Biology 2025. doi:10.1111/plb.13770

Other claims from this paper (4)
Observationobservedoriginal resultbasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

Galloyl, caffeoyl and hexahydroxydiphenoyl esters of dihydrochalcone glucosides are found in three Balanophora species.

Taxon
B. tobiracola, B. harlandii, and B. papuanaBalanophora harlandiiBalanophora tobiracolaBalanophora papuanae0
Outcome
galloyl, caffeoyl and hexahydroxydiphenoyl esters of dihydrochalcone glucosidese0

Verbatim

e0

“several galloyl, caffeoyl and hexahydroxydiphenoyl esters of dihydrochalcone glucosides are found in B. tobiracola, B. harlandii, and B. papuana”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 996–1140

Title

Phytochemicals and biological studies of plants from the genus Balanophora

Xiaohong Wang; Zizhen Liu; Wenlin Qiao; et al. Chemistry Central Journal 2012. doi:10.1186/1752-153x-6-79

Other claims from this paper (3)