Claim · model-written summary
Preliminary observations suggested W. trichophorus also is pollinated by glossophagine bats.
- Taxon
- W. trichophorusWeberocereus trichophoruse0
- Interactor
- glossophagine batse0pollinator
- Outcome
- pollinated by glossophagine batse0
- Qualifier
- Preliminary observations suggeste0
Verbatim
e0“Preliminary observations suggest that at least two other Costa Rican species of Weberocereus, W. biolleyi and W. trichophorus and possibly other species of the tribe Hylocereeae, are also pollinated by glossophagine bats”
Title
M. Tschapka; O. von Helversen; W. Barthlott Plant Biology 1999. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.1999.tb00783.x
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Flowers were large, nocturnal and unpleasant smelling, hanging up to 2 m below canopy branches.
- Observation Only Glossophaga commissarisi visited the cactus flowers.
- Observation Only Hylonycteris underwoodi visited the cactus flowers.
- Observation Only Lichonycteris obscura visited the cactus flowers.
- Observation Nectar secretion and concentration matched typical bat-pollinated flowers.
- Observation Preliminary observations suggested W. biolleyi also is pollinated by glossophagine bats.
- Observation The authors considered pollination by glossophagine bats possible in other Hylocereeae species.