Pollination of Adenocalymma bracteatum (Bignoniaceae): floral biology and visitors

Adenocalymma bracteatum is a shrub of dense foliage and yellow flowers, easily found on grasslands areas in Central Brazil. The aim of this study was to determine the reproductive biology and the flower visitors of A. bracteatum in a pasture area nearby Ivinhema city, MS (Brazil). The flowering peak occurs in winter. The flower reflects ultraviolet light. Anthesis begins at 6:30h, and pollen and nectar are the resources to visitors. We captured 1,038 floral visitors. The bees Apis mellifera (L.), Trigona sp., Trigona spinipes (Fabricius), (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) and the ant Cephalotes sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) were the main visitors. The reproductive tests indicate that A. bracteatum is self compatible, justifying its expansion in altered environments; however, the largest reproductive success was dependant on cross-pollination and self-pollination, evidencing the pollinators importance. Adenocalymma bracteatum presents melittophilous syndrome and bumblebees were the main pollinators in the area. The correlations observed between the climatic variables and the main pollinator species were low or medium.

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Autores principales:	Almeida-Soares,Stela, Polatto,Leandro P, Dutra,João C S, Torezan-Silingardi,Helena M
Formato:	Digital revista
Idioma:	English
Publicado:	Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil 2010
Acceso en línea:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-566X2010000600015
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