What's the 'buzz'about? The ecology and evolutionary significance of buzz-pollination

PA De Luca, M Vallejo-Marín - Current opinion in plant biology, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Buzz-pollinators remove pollen from poricidal anthers using vibrations.•Bees are
the principal buzz-pollinating agents.•Poricidal anthers likely evolved to limit pollen loss and …

Harvesting pollen with vibrations: towards an integrative understanding of the proximate and ultimate reasons for buzz pollination

M Vallejo-Marin, AL Russell - Annals of Botany, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Buzz pollination, a type of interaction in which bees use vibrations to extract pollen from
certain kinds of flowers, captures a close relationship between thousands of bee and plant …

Does body size predict the buzz‐pollination frequencies used by bees?

PA De Luca, S Buchmann, C Galen… - Ecology and …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Body size is an important trait linking pollinators and plants. Morphological matching
between pollinators and plants is thought to reinforce pollinator fidelity, as the correct fit …

Buzz‐pollination in Neotropical bees: genus‐dependent frequencies and lack of optimal frequency for pollen release

CA Rosi‐Denadai, PCS Araújo, LAO Campos… - Insect …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Over 50 genera of bees release pollen from flower anthers using thoracic vibrations, a
phenomenon known as buzz‐pollination. The efficiency of this process is directly affected by …

Evolution of floral morphology and symmetry in the Miconieae (Melastomataceae): multiple generalization trends within a specialized family

M Gavrutenko, M Reginato, R Kriebel… - … Journal of Plant …, 2020‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
Premise of research. Analyses of the evolution of floral morphology and symmetry broaden
our understanding of the drivers of angiosperm diversification. Integrated within a flower …

Global patterns and drivers of buzzing bees and poricidal plants

AL Russell, SL Buchmann, JS Ascher, Z Wang… - Current Biology, 2024‏ - cell.com
Foraging behavior frequently plays a major role in driving the geographic distribution of
animals. Buzzing to extract protein-rich pollen from flowers is a key foraging behavior used …

A comprehensive review on ecology, life cycle and use of Tecoma stans (bignoneaceae)

S Singh, CT Miller, P Singh, R Sharma, N Rana… - Botanical Studies, 2024‏ - Springer
Tecoma stans is a widely distributed tall ornamental shrub in the plains of Indian
subcontinent and is considered an invasive species across Argentina, Australia, South …

Flowers with poricidal anthers and their complex interaction networks—Disentangling legitimate pollinators and illegitimate visitors

JN Mesquita‐Neto, N Blüthgen… - Functional …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
In flowers with poricidal anthers, pollen is not freely accessible and legitimate access is
restricted to bees capable of vibrating the anthers. Despite the protection of pollen provided …

Flora en playas y dunas costeras de México

I Espejel, O Jiménez-Orocio… - Acta botánica …, 2017‏ - scielo.org.mx
Antecedentes y objetivos: Se presenta el primer listado florístico de las playas y dunas
costeras de México, actualizado y respaldado por ejemplares de herbario. Métodos: Se …

Reproductive biology and breeding system of Saraca asoca (Roxb.) De Wilde: a vulnerable medicinal plant

GR Smitha, V Thondaiman - SpringerPlus, 2016‏ - Springer
Ashoka (Saraca asoca) is a perennial, evergreen tree valued for its ornamental flowers and
medicinal values. This species is classified as 'vulnerable'under IUCN list due to its …