Nutritious tissue in petals of Annonaceae and its function in pollination by scarab beetles
ABSTRACT The feeding of pollinating dynastid-scarab beetles on nutritious tissue of Annonaceae flowers results in macroscopically visible gnawing marks on petals. In the present paper, we present and discuss examples of such gnawing marks on Annonaceae from the Cerrado and the Amazon Forest in Brazi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Botânica do Brasil
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Acta Botânica Brasílica |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062018005002106&lng=en&tlng=en |