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Pollinators (and Visitors) of Aroid InflorescencesThis web page is a summary of the paper published in Aroideana (Gibernau M., 2003 - 26 : 66-83), where you'll find the complete literature references. Data on aroid pollinators was first summarised by Grayum in 1984 who documented 35 genera and about 90 species. A second summary was published in 1997 in The Genera of Araceae by Mayo, Bogner and Boyce with 38 genera and less than 100 species listed. The present table brings the reference list up to date since 1997, documenting the pollinators of 50 genera and about 125 species. In particular, pollinators from 9 new genera are presented, namely: Aglaonema, Biarum, Eminium, Furtadoa, Gearum, Pinellia, Rhaphidophora, Sauromatum and Theriophonum. These numbers are still very low in comparison with the diversity of the Araceae family which contains 105 genera and about 3,300 species. It is important to note that the list given in the Table below does not distinguish between pollinators and visitors. Table : Adapted from Mayo, Bogner and Boyce (1997) and Grayum (1984, 1986, 1990) with new and updated references on aroid pollinators/visitors.
References Gibernau M. 2003. Pollinators and visitors of Aroid inflorescences. Aroideana 26 : 66-83. Grayum, M. H. 1984. Palynology and phylogeny of the Araceae. Botany Ph.D. Dissertation. Univ. Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts. Grayum, M. H. 1986. Correlations between pollination biology and pollen morphology in the Araceae, with some implications for angiosperm evolution. Pollen and Spores: Form and Function. I. K. Ferguson & S. Blackmore. London, Elsevier Press: 313--327. Grayum, M. H. 1990. Evolution and phylogeny of the Araceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 77: 628--697. Mayo, S. J., J. Bogner and P. C. Boyce 1997. The genera of Araceae. Kew, The Trustees, Royal Botanical Gardens.
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