Abstract
Zenobia is a shrub endemic to the coastal plain of the Carolinas and southeastern Virginia. The sole species, Zenobia pulverulenta , appears to be weakly self‐compatible and partially self‐pollinating. Fruit set was reduced, but not eliminated by excluding insect floral visitors. Insect visitors were collected and their pollen loads examined for Zenobia and foreign pollen. Analysis of these pollen loads and observations of insect‐foraging behavior indicate that workers of three species of bumblebee ( Bombus bimaculatus, B. griseocollis and B. impatiens ) are. the principal pollinators of Zenobia . However, pollinator density and composition appear to be strongly influenced by the habitats in which Zenobia grows. Pollen and nectar serve as the primary rewards for pollinators.
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Claim · model-written summary
Zenobia appears to be weakly self-compatible and partially self-pollinating.
ZenobiaOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Zenobia is a shrub endemic to the coastal plain of the Carolinas and southeastern Virginia”
e1“appears to be weakly self‐compatible and partially self‐pollinating”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit set of Zenobia was reduced, but not eliminated, by excluding insect floral visitors.
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Zenobia is a shrub endemic to the coastal plain of the Carolinas and southeastern Virginia”
e2“Fruit set was reduced, but not eliminated by excluding insect floral visitors”
Claim · model-written summary
Bombus bimaculatus and B. griseocollis are the principal pollinators of Zenobia.
- Interactor
- Bombus bimaculatus
Bombus bimaculatuse3pollinator - Second interactor
- B. griseocollis
Bombus griseocollise3pollinator - Outcome
- principal pollinatorse4
- Qualifier
- B. impatiense3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Zenobia is a shrub endemic to the coastal plain of the Carolinas and southeastern Virginia”
e3“Bombus bimaculatus, B. griseocollis and B. impatiens”
e4“the principal pollinators of Zenobia”
Claim · model-written summary
Pollinator density and composition are influenced by the habitats in which Zenobia grows.
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Zenobia is a shrub endemic to the coastal plain of the Carolinas and southeastern Virginia”
e5“pollinator density and composition appear to be strongly influenced by the habitats in which Zenobia grows”
Claim · model-written summary
Pollen and nectar are the primary rewards for pollinators of Zenobia.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Zenobia is a shrub endemic to the coastal plain of the Carolinas and southeastern Virginia”
e6“Pollen and nectar serve as the primary rewards for pollinators”