Claim · model-written summary
Nectar access for short- and medium-billed species increases the spectrum of potential pollinators.
- Taxon
- Aphelandra runcinata
Aphelandra runcinatat0 - Interactor
- pollinatorse0pollinator
- Outcome
- spectrum of potential pollinatorse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- giving access to nectare0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“The spectrum of potential pollinators is increased by giving access to nectar even to species with short or medium-long bills.”
t0“Aphelandra runcinata”
Title
Carlos Rengifo; Luis Cornejo; Iván Akirov Journal of Tropical Ecology 2006. doi:10.1017/s0266467406003476
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Only Coeligena torquata among the reported species, together with C. eos, had bills sufficiently long for legitimate nectar access.
- Observation C. eos had bills sufficiently long for legitimate nectar access.
- Observation Shorter-billed hummingbirds extracted nectar and pollinated Aphelandra flowers.
- Mechanism Reversible flower compression results from bird pressure opposed by the inflorescence.
- Mechanism Flower compression provides mutualistic advantages to plant and avian visitors.
- Observation Nectar robbing by short-billed trochilids seems reduced.