Tetrastylis ovalis: A second case of bat-pollinated passionflower (Passifloraceae)

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1992 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Plant Systematics and Evolution, volume 181, pages 261-267 (issn: 0378-2697, eissn: 1615-6110,

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Authors: Silvana Buzato; Andr�a L. M. Franco;

doi: 10.1007/bf00937450

Tetrastylis ovalis: A second case of bat-pollinated passionflower (Passifloraceae)

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The floral biology ofTetrastylis ovalis and its pollination by bats was studied in southeastern Brazil. The flowers ofT. ovalis seem more fitted to bat-pollination than those ofPassiflora mucronata, the other known chiropterophilous passionflower. Two species of bats were observed visiting flowers ofT. ovalis: the phyllostomidsGlossophaga soricina andRhinophylla pumilio. Due to the attributes ofTetrastylis, its presumed primitiveness and a better defined bat-pollination syndrome we suggest that chiropterophily evolved independently in the former genus and inPassiflora.

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