Pseudocopulation of an orchid by male ants: a test of two hypotheses accounting for the rarity of ant pollination
@article{Peakall2004PseudocopulationOA, title={Pseudocopulation of an orchid by male ants: a test of two hypotheses accounting for the rarity of ant pollination}, author={R. Peakall and A. Beattie and S. H. James}, journal={Oecologia}, year={2004}, volume={73}, pages={522-524} }
SummaryThe orchid Leporella fimbriata is pollinated by pseudocopulation with winged males of the ant Myrmecia urens. This recently studied interaction provides a unique opportunity to examine the two current hypotheses concerning the apparent rarity of ant pollination systems worldwide. The first hypothesis requires a series of specialized growth forms and floral characteristics regarded as adaptations to ant pollination. L. fimbriata does not possess them. The second considers the pollenicidal… CONTINUE READING
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