Claim · model-written summary
Centris territorial visits enhanced geitonogamous self-pollination and reduced pollination efficiency.
- Taxon
- Monttea aphylla
Monttea aphyllat0 - Outcome
- reduced pollination efficiencye0
- Qualifier
- territorial behavioure0
CentrisNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValue
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Verbatim
e0“Centris species are oil-collecting bees and showed territorial behaviour (i.e. they always visited a restricted group of plants which they protected from other visitors), they visited several flowers/plants, which enhanced geitonogamous self-pollination and reduced pollination efficiency”
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 Mesonychium jenseni pollinated the shrub as a generalist bee.
- Observation Centris vardyorum pollinated the shrub as a specialist and was the most important pollinator locally.
- Observation Southern populations appeared more specialized than northern populations in pollinators.