Tetrastylis ovalis: A second case of bat-pollinated passionflower (Passifloraceae) |
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| Authors: | Silvana Buzato Andréa L M Franco |
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| Institution: | (1) Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CP. 6109, 13081 Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil |
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| Abstract: | The floral biology ofTetrastylis ovalis and its pollination by bats was studied in southeastern Brazil. The flowers ofT. ovalis seem more fitted to bat-pollination than those ofPassiflora mucronata, the other known chiropterophilous passionflower. Two species of bats were observed visiting flowers ofT. ovalis: the phyllostomidsGlossophaga soricina andRhinophylla pumilio. Due to the attributes ofTetrastylis, its presumed primitiveness and a better defined bat-pollination syndrome we suggest that chiropterophily evolved independently in the former genus and inPassiflora. |
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| Keywords: | Passifloraceae Phyllostomidae Glossophaga soricina Rhinophylla pumilio Chiropterophily Flora of southeastern Brazil |
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