Neither insects nor wind: ambophily in dioecious Chamaedorea palms (Arecaceae).

ABSTRACT: Pollination of Neotropical dioecious trees is commonly related to generalist insects. Similar data for non-tree species with separated genders are inconclusive. Recent studies on pollination of dioecious Chamaedorea palms (Arecaceae) suggest that species are either insect- or wind-pollinated. However, the wide variety of inflorescence and floral attributes within the genus suggests mixed pollination mode involving entomophily and anemophily. To evaluate this hypothesis, we studied the pollination of Chamaedorea costaricana, C. macrospadix, C. pinnatifrons and C. tepejilote in two montane forests in Costa Rica. A complementary morphological analysis of floral traits was carried out to distinguish species groups within the genus according to their most probable pollination mechanism. We cond

SUBMITTER: Rios LD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7168321 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature