Biology:Axinaea
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Axinaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. As of 2012, there are at least 42 species.[1] They are small trees and shrubs. They are native to the Americas; almost all are found in the Andes.[2]
Plants of this genus are pollinated when birds, several species of fruit-eating tanagers, consume specialized appendages on the stamens. As they grasp the nutritious appendages, a cloud of pollen is released. This has been called "puff pollination".[3][4]
Species include:[5]
- Axinaea glandulosa Cogn.
- Bussmann & Paniagua Ruiz & Pav. ex D. Don
- Axinaea glauca E.Cotton & P.Lozano
- Axinaea grandifolia Axinaea colombiana
- Triana Axinaea lanceolata
- Ruiz & Pav. Axinaea lawessonii
- Lozano & Alvear E.Cotton
- Axinaea lehmannii Cogn.
- Axinaea luteynii Axinaea confusa
- E.Cotton Axinaea macrophylla
- Triana Axinaea alata
- E.Cotton Triana
- Axinaea mertensioides Wurdack
- Axinaea minutiflora Axinaea costaricensis
- E.Cotton Axinaea nitida
- Cogn. Axinaea oblongifolia
- Cogn. (Cogn.) Wurdack
- Axinaea pauciflora Cogn.
- Axinaea pendula Axinaea crassinoda
- E.Cotton Axinaea pennellii
- Gleason Axinaea affinis
- E.Cotton Triana
- Benoist Axinaea reginae
- Bussmann, Gruhn & A.Glenn Axinaea dentata
- Wurdack Axinaea sclerophylla
- Triana E.Cotton
- Triana Axinaea sessilifolia
- Triana Axinaea dependens
- Wurdack Axinaea tomentosa
- Axinaea campii Ruiz & Pav.
- Sagást., S.J.Arroyo & E.Rodr. Axinaea disrupta
- E.Cotton Axinaea fallax
- E.Cotton Gleason ex Cuatrec.
- Axinaea fernando-cabiesii Bussmann, J.A.Gruhn & A.Glenn
- Axinaea flava Axinaea carolina-telleziae
- E.Cotton, Bussmann & P.Lozano Axinaea wurdackii
- Cogn. Axinaea floribunda
- Axinaea sodiroi Axinaea scutigera
- Axinaea ruizteranii Triana
- Axinaea quitensis Axinaea merianiae
References
- ↑ Bussmann, R. W., & Zambrana, N. P. (2012). Axinaea ninakurorum (Melastomataceae)− a new species from the northern Peruvian Merianeae hotspot. Arnaldoa 19(1) 23-27.
- ↑ Bussmann, R. W., Gruhn, J., & Glenn, A. (2010). Axinaea fernando-cabiesii and A. reginae spp. nov.(Melastomataceae) from upper Amazonia of Peru, with notes on the conservation status of A. flava. Nordic Journal of Botany, 28(5), 518-522.
- ↑ Edwards, J. (2014). Coevolution: puff pollination in tropical flowers. Current Biology, 24(14), R649-R651.
- ↑ Dellinger, A. S., et al. (2014). A specialized bird pollination system with a bellows mechanism for pollen transfer and staminal food body rewards. Current Biology, 24(14), 1615-19.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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