Neighbourhood flower diversity increases reproductive success of Lantana hypoleuca Briq (Verbenaceae).

ABSTRACT: The attraction of floral visitors depends on intrinsic plant traits and the surrounding floral abundance and diversity. Therefore, it is important to consider the conspecific and heterospecific co-flowering context to understand plant-pollinator interactions and, consequently, plant reproductive success. We investigated the influence of the floral neighbourhood on pollination of Lantana hypoleuca (Verbenaceae) in the Brazilian Campos rupestres. We evaluated how flower richness, conspecific and heterospecific abundance, and similarity in corolla length influence reproductive success (conspecific pollen deposition, heterospecific pollen deposition, and likelihood of fruit production) of L. hypoleuca individuals. For this, we evaluated the surrounding neighbourhood of 20 L. hypoleuca individu

SUBMITTER: de Amorim MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12477299 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature