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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Zenobia has a counted chromosome number of 2n = c.66.

Taxon: ZenobiaZenobiae0
Outcome: chromosome numberse0
Value: 2n = c.66e0

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“The chromosome numbers counted in Diplycosia are 2n = 36 and in Zenobia 2n = c.66.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 268–350

Title

Chromosome counts in Gaultheria and related genera

D. J. Middleton; C. C. Wilcock Edinburgh Journal of Botany 2010. doi:10.1017/s0960428600003450

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Observation Chromosome numbers were counted for 32 taxa, including 15 first counts.
Observation Gaultheria and Leucothoë chromosome numbers are based on x = 11.
Observation Diplycosia has a counted chromosome number of 2n = 36.
Observation G. insana has tetraploid and hexaploid races.
Observation G. procumbens has diploid, tetraploid and octoploid races.

Observationauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

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Zenobia appears to be weakly self-compatible and partially self-pollinating.

Taxon: ZenobiaZenobiae0
Outcome: partially self‐pollinatinge1
Qualifier: weakly self‐compatiblee1

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“Zenobia is a shrub endemic to the coastal plain of the Carolinas and southeastern Virginia”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–90

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“appears to be weakly self‐compatible and partially self‐pollinating”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 133–200

Title

THE POLLINATION ECOLOGY OF ZENOBIA (ERICACEAE)

Laurence J. Dorr American Journal of Botany 1981. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1981.tb07843.x

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Fruit set of Zenobia was reduced, but not eliminated, by excluding insect floral visitors.

Taxon: ZenobiaZenobiae0
Treatment: excluding insect floral visitorse2
Outcome: Fruit sete2
Direction: reducede2

Not reportedComparator

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“Zenobia is a shrub endemic to the coastal plain of the Carolinas and southeastern Virginia”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–90

e2
“Fruit set was reduced, but not eliminated by excluding insect floral visitors”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 202–279

Title

THE POLLINATION ECOLOGY OF ZENOBIA (ERICACEAE)

Laurence J. Dorr American Journal of Botany 1981. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1981.tb07843.x

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Bombus bimaculatus and B. griseocollis are the principal pollinators of Zenobia.

Taxon: ZenobiaZenobiae0
Interactor: Bombus bimaculatusBombus bimaculatuse3pollinator
Second interactor: B. griseocollisBombus griseocollise3pollinator
Outcome: principal pollinatorse4
Qualifier: B. impatiense3

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“Zenobia is a shrub endemic to the coastal plain of the Carolinas and southeastern Virginia”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–90

e3
“Bombus bimaculatus, B. griseocollis and B. impatiens”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 506–558

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“the principal pollinators of Zenobia”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 566–602

Title

THE POLLINATION ECOLOGY OF ZENOBIA (ERICACEAE)

Laurence J. Dorr American Journal of Botany 1981. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1981.tb07843.x

Other claims from this paper (4)

Observation Zenobia appears to be weakly self-compatible and partially self-pollinating.
Intervention effect Fruit set of Zenobia was reduced, but not eliminated, by excluding insect floral visitors.
Association Pollinator density and composition are influenced by the habitats in which Zenobia grows.
Observation Pollen and nectar are the primary rewards for pollinators of Zenobia.

Associationauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Pollinator density and composition are influenced by the habitats in which Zenobia grows.

Taxon: ZenobiaZenobiae0
Outcome: pollinator density and compositione5
Setting: habitatse5

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“Zenobia is a shrub endemic to the coastal plain of the Carolinas and southeastern Virginia”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–90

e5
“pollinator density and composition appear to be strongly influenced by the habitats in which Zenobia grows”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 614–720

Title

THE POLLINATION ECOLOGY OF ZENOBIA (ERICACEAE)

Laurence J. Dorr American Journal of Botany 1981. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1981.tb07843.x

Other claims from this paper (4)

Observation Zenobia appears to be weakly self-compatible and partially self-pollinating.
Intervention effect Fruit set of Zenobia was reduced, but not eliminated, by excluding insect floral visitors.
Observation Bombus bimaculatus and B. griseocollis are the principal pollinators of Zenobia.
Observation Pollen and nectar are the primary rewards for pollinators of Zenobia.

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Pollen and nectar are the primary rewards for pollinators of Zenobia.

Taxon: ZenobiaZenobiae0
Interactor: pollinatorse6pollinator
Outcome: primary rewardse6
Qualifier: Pollen and nectare6

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“Zenobia is a shrub endemic to the coastal plain of the Carolinas and southeastern Virginia”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–90

e6
“Pollen and nectar serve as the primary rewards for pollinators”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 722–784

Title

THE POLLINATION ECOLOGY OF ZENOBIA (ERICACEAE)

Laurence J. Dorr American Journal of Botany 1981. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1981.tb07843.x

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Leaf similarity suggested a relationship between Zenobia and Lyonia.

Taxon: ZenobiaZenobiae0
Material: Lyoniae0
Outcome: phylogenetic relationse0

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“An index of leaf similarity shows that phylogenetic relations may exist between the following taxa: Epigaea and Orphanidesia; Zenobia and Lyonia; Lyonia lucida and either Leucothoe axillaris or the genus Pieris.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 470–681

Title

Evolutionary Studies in the Ericaceae. II. Leaf Anatomy as a Phylogenetic Index in the Andromedeae

Kornelius Lems Botanical Gazette 1964. doi:10.1086/336267

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