Floral traits of mammal-pollinated Mucuna macrocarpa (Fabaceae): Implications for generalist-like pollination systems.

ABSTRACT: Floral traits are adapted by plants to attract pollinators. Some of those plants that have different pollinators in different regions adapt to each pollinator in each region to maximize their pollination success. Mucuna macrocarpa (Fabaceae) limits the pollinators using its floral structure and is pollinated by different mammals in different regions. Here, we examine the relationships between floral traits of M. macrocarpa and the external morphology of mammalian pollinators in different regions of its distribution. Field surveys were conducted on Kyushu and Okinawajima Island in Japan, and in Taiwan, where the main pollinators are the Japanese macaque Macaca fuscata, Ryukyu flying fox Pteropus dasymallus, and red-bellied squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus,

SUBMITTER: Kobayashi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6145029 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature