Claim · model-written summary
Apis mellifera pollen-foraging workers regularly effected pollination of Dicentra cucullaria.
- Taxon
- Dicentra cucullaria
Dicentra cucullariat0 - Interactor
- Apis mellifera
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Apis melliferae6pollinator - Outcome
- effected pollinatione6
- Qualifier
- pollen-foraging workerse6
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e6“Abundant Apis mellifera pollen-foraging workers regularly effected pollination, but being an introduced species it exhibits no naturally developed pollination adaptation to the flower”
t0“Dicentra cucullaria”
Title
The Pollination Ecology of Dicentra cucullaria
Lazarus Walter Macior American Journal of Botany 1970. doi:10.2307/2440374
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Dicentra cucullaria flowers were pollinated almost exclusively by Bombus bimaculatus queens.
- Observation Bombus queens emerged from hibernation phenologically synchronized with Dicentra cucullaria anthesis.
- Observation Pollen transfer in Dicentra cucullaria was effected mainly by the ventral side of the insect head and anterior thorax.
- Observation Pollen transfer in Dicentra cucullaria occurred to a lesser degree by the front and middle legs of the insect.
- Observation Lepidoptera and Diptera occasionally visiting Dicentra cucullaria flowers were ineffective in pollination.
- Observation Apis mellifera, being an introduced species, shows no naturally developed pollination adaptation to Dicentra cucullaria.
- Observation Nectar spur perforation by B. affinis queens did not affect Dicentra cucullaria plant fertility.
- Observation Nectar spur perforation behavior was related only in part to forager tongue length.
- Association Nectar-foraging behavior of B. bimaculatus queens on Dicentra cucullaria flowers was correlated with the phenological development of the annual colonies.