Flower colour and visitation rates of Costus arabicus support the 'bee avoidance' hypothesis for red‐reflecting hummingbird‐pollinated flowers

PJ Bergamo, AR Rech, VLG Brito… - Functional Ecology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Floral colour mediates plant–pollinator interactions by often signalling floral resources. In
this sense, hummingbird‐pollinated flowers are frequently red‐coloured, and there are two …

Convergence beyond flower morphology? Reproductive biology of hummingbird‐pollinated plants in the Brazilian Cerrado

C Ferreira, PK Maruyama, PE Oliveira - Plant Biology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Convergent reproductive traits in non‐related plants may be the result of similar
environmental conditions and/or specialised interactions with pollinators. Here, we …

The assembly of plants used as nectar sources by hummingbirds in a Cerrado area of Central Brazil

FP Araújo, M Sazima, PE Oliveira - Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2013 - Springer
Studies on hummingbird–plant interactions commonly use a pollination approach
emphasizing mutualistic relationships. But floral resources are often used opportunistically …

Nectar characteristics of hummingbird-visited ornithophilous and non-ornithophilous flowers from Cerrado, Brazil

FP de Araújo, D Hoffmann, JS Dambolena… - Plant Systematics and …, 2021 - Springer
Hummingbirds in the Cerrado, the seasonal savannas in Central Brazil, visit both
ornithophilous and non-ornithophilous flowers to collect nectar, which is the main source of …

Floral resources and hummingbirds on an island of flooded forest in Central Brazil

FP de Araújo, AAA Barbosa, PE Oliveira - Flora-Morphology, Distribution …, 2011 - Elsevier
Nectar availability for hummingbirds was studied for two and a half years in an island of
flooded forest in Uberlândia, MG, in the Cerrado region, the Neotropical savanna areas in …

[HTML][HTML] Enraizamiento de esquejes de caña agria (Cheilocostus speciosus. J. Koenig)

É Durango Ballesteros… - Revista Colombiana de …, 2017 - scielo.org.co
RESUMEN La Caña Agria (Cheilocostus speciosus. J. Koenig) es una planta floral
decorativa, usada en la producción de artesanías derivadas de la Caña Flecha (Gynerium …

[HTML][HTML] Melastomataceae na RPPN do Clube Caça e Pesca Itororó, Uberlândia, MG, Brasil

LF Bacci, AFA Versiane, ALF Oliveira, R Romero - Hoehnea, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
RESUMO O presente estudo teve como objetivo o inventário e tratamento taxonômico das
Melastomataceae encontradas na RPPN do Clube Caça e Pesca Itororó Uberlândia, MG …

Cuphea melvilla Lindlay (Lythraceae): uma espécie do Cerrado polinizada por beija-flores

AFO Melazzo, PE Oliveira - Acta Botanica Brasilica, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
Cuphea melvilla é uma espécie peculiar dentro de um gênero majoritariamente melitófilo.
Dois agrupamentos de indivíduos, em bordas das matas de galeria do Córrego do Panga …

A natural hybrid, an autopolyploid, or a new species? An integrative case study of a distinctive Costus species (Costaceae) from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

E Pessoa, M Sader, A Pedrosa-Harand… - Systematics and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Sixteen species of Costus ss are cited to Brazil, all of which can be found in the Brazilian
Amazon, while only three also grow in the Atlantic Forest: C. arabicus, C. scaber, and C …

Does beak size predict the pollination performance of hummingbirds at long and tubular flowers? A case study of a Neotropical spiral ginger

CCC Missagia, MAS Alves - Journal of Zoology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐billed hummingbirds are assumed to be better adapted than short‐billed ones for the
pollination of long tubular flowers. However, the majority of the empirical evidence is derived …