Claim · model-written summary
Genista monspessulana is entirely dependent on pollinators for seed production.
- Taxon
- Genista monspessulana
Genista monspessulanae1
- Interactor
- pollinatorse2pollinator
- Outcome
- entirely dependent on pollinators for seed productione2
Verbatim
e1“the brooms Genista monspessulana and Spartium junceum”
e2“Both plants species were entirely dependent on pollinators for seed production”
Title
Below- and above-ground mutualisms impact two alien brooms in South Africa differently
S. Geerts; J. J. Le Roux Biological Invasions 2025. doi:10.1007/s10530-025-03561-0
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation Spartium junceum is entirely dependent on pollinators for seed production.
- Observation Genista monspessulana is pollinated largely by Apis mellifera capensis.
- Observation Genista monspessulana is not pollen limited.
- Observation Flowers of Spartium junceum are pollinated only by the larger Xylocopa bees.
- Observation Spartium junceum is pollen limited.
- Observation Genista monspessulana was nodulated by four distinct Bradyrhizobium strains.
- Observation Spartium junceum was nodulated by one Paraburkholderia strain.
- Observation Spartium junceum was nodulated by two Bradyrhizobium strains.
- Mechanism Low pollination rates may mean that Spartium junceum reproduces and spreads naturally in South Africa slowly.
- Mechanism The wider distribution of Spartium junceum likely reflects differences in historic propagule pressure compared with Genista monspessulana.