Claim · model-written summary
Mesonychium jenseni pollinated the shrub as a generalist bee.
- Taxon
- Monttea aphylla
Monttea aphyllat0 - Interactor
- Mesonychium jenseniMesonychium jensenie0pollinator
- Outcome
- pollinatede0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“M. aphylla was pollinated by three species of bees (Apidae); two generalist species (Centris brethesi and Mesonychium jenseni) and one specialist to M. aphylla (Centris vardyorum)”
t0“Monttea aphylla”
Title
Reproductive biology of Monttea aphylla (Scrophulariaceae)
Mariana Tadey Australian Journal of Botany 2012. doi:10.1071/bt10282
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Southern Monttea aphylla was self-incompatible and relied on pollinators for fruit production.
- Observation Fruit set was low at the southern site.
- Observation Flowering occurred from October to December.
- Observation Centris brethesi pollinated the shrub as a generalist bee.
- Observation Centris vardyorum pollinated the shrub as a specialist and was the most important pollinator locally.
- Mechanism Centris territorial visits enhanced geitonogamous self-pollination and reduced pollination efficiency.
- Observation Southern populations appeared more specialized than northern populations in pollinators.