Natural history of pollination of an Asian bignoniaceous tree: The long-tubed flower and the not-so-long bird bill

doi:10.1016/j.flora.2024.152481

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	Natural history of pollination of an Asian bignoniaceous tree: The long-tubed flower and the not-so-long bird bill
	Liang, Qiong-Yue; Duan, Yun-Bo; Liu, Chang-Qiu; Chen, Zhe; Gong, Qiang-Bang; Peng, Yan-Qiong
	2024
发表期刊	FLORA
ISSN	0367-2530
卷号	314 页码:152481
摘要	Bird pollination is well-established in New World Bignoniaceae, but studies of species with floral traits suggestive of bird pollination in the Old World are lacking. Here we studied the pollination ecology of Mayodendron igneum to test the prediction of pollination by specialist flower-visiting birds. Observations from multiple sites showed that both the Streaked Spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna) and pollen-collecting bees were floral visitors. However, almost no fruit was produced if birds were excluded, suggesting that bees do not play a role in pollination, and that pollination is performed almost exclusively by birds in this self-incompatible tree. Measurements of floral traits revealed a typical bird pollination syndrome, and the nectar concentration and volume were both within the proposed ranges based on other flowers pollinated by specialist birds. However, the rather low level of sucrose (less than 2 %) in nectar sugar contradicts the expectation for nectar of flowers pollinated by specialist nectar-feeding birds. Although the Streaked Spiderhunter is among the longest-billed flower-visiting birds in Asia, its bill is only 2/3 of the corolla tube in length, suggesting that the bird can extend the tongue to access nectar. This study is the first to experimentally confirm bird pollination in the Old World Bignoniaceae. It also indicates aspects that are possibly characteristic of spiderhunter pollination systems, i.e. high degrees of specialization, unusual nectar sugar composition, and floral tubes much longer than bird bills.
DOI	10.1016/j.flora.2024.152481
WOS记录号	WOS:001222370900001
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/76306
专题	中国科学院昆明植物研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Liang, Qiong-Yue,Duan, Yun-Bo,Liu, Chang-Qiu,et al. Natural history of pollination of an Asian bignoniaceous tree: The long-tubed flower and the not-so-long bird bill[J]. FLORA,2024,314:152481.
APA	Liang, Qiong-Yue,Duan, Yun-Bo,Liu, Chang-Qiu,Chen, Zhe,Gong, Qiang-Bang,&Peng, Yan-Qiong.(2024).Natural history of pollination of an Asian bignoniaceous tree: The long-tubed flower and the not-so-long bird bill.FLORA,314,152481.
MLA	Liang, Qiong-Yue,et al."Natural history of pollination of an Asian bignoniaceous tree: The long-tubed flower and the not-so-long bird bill".FLORA 314(2024):152481.

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