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Bird versus bat pollination in the genus Marcgravia and the description of a new species
Author(s) -
Dressler Stefan,
Tschapka Marco
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
curtis's botanical magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1467-8748
pISSN - 1355-4905
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8748.00338
Subject(s) - pollination , genus , biology , ecology , zoology , pollen
A short account on the history of observations into the pollination ecology in Marcgravia ( Marcgraviaceae ) is given. The different pollination syndromes encountered in the genus are discussed. The circumstances of the discovery of a new species in southern Ecuador are presented. This new species, Marcgravia helverseniana , is described and is illustrated here for the first time.