Claim · model-written summary
Both Pterostylis species were cross-pollinated and depended absolutely on pollinators.
- Taxon
- Pterostylis alobula , and P. patens
Pterostylis alobula
Pterostylis patense1 - Outcome
- cross‐pollinated and have an absolute dependence on pollinatorse0
Verbatim
e0“both Pterostylis species are cross‐pollinated and have an absolute dependence on pollinators”
e1“Pterostylis alobula , and P. patens”
Title
Carlos A. Lehnebach; Alastair W. Robertson; Duncan Hedderley New Zealand Journal of Botany 2005. doi:10.1080/0028825x.2005.9512968
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Thelymitra longifolia was predominantly self-pollinated.
- Observation Hand pollination showed T. longifolia, P. alobula and P. patens to be self-compatible.
- Observation The pollination result for G. cunninghamii was unclear.
- Observation Insect flower visits were uncommon and observed only in G. cunninghamii and P. alobula.
- Observation Aphids were usually found inside G. cunninghamii flowers, but their pollination role remained unknown.
- Observation Male Zygomyia fungus gnats were considered pollinators of P. alobula.
- Association G. cunninghamii and P. alobula were judged more vulnerable to disruption of specialist plant-pollinator mutualisms.
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Zygomyia