Pollination Ecology Characteristics of Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. (Lecythidaceae)
Barringtonia racemosa is an evergreen mangrove associate. It is an year-round bloomer that produces attractive pinkish-white flowers on long, hanging racemes. The flowers open during evening-night time during which only hawk moths swiftly visit them for nectar collection effecting both self- and cro...
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doaj-c22dfa3a2bfd4adf9b5f61c0c2caeeaa2021-09-05T21:24:15ZengSciendoTransylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research2344-32192019-12-01213273410.2478/trser-2019-0017trser-2019-0017Pollination Ecology Characteristics of Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. (Lecythidaceae)Aluri Jacob Solomon Raju0Palathoti Suvarna Raju1Banisetti Dileepu Kumar2Samareddy Sravan Kumar3Andhra University, Department of Environmental Sciences, Visakhapatnam, India, IN-530003International College of Engineering and Management, Department of Health and Safety Environmental Management, P. O. Box 2511, Pc 111, Muscat, Sultanate of OmanM. R. College (autonomous), Department of Botany, Vizianagaram, India, IN-535002Andhra University, Department of Environmental Sciences, Visakhapatnam, India, IN-530003Barringtonia racemosa is an evergreen mangrove associate. It is an year-round bloomer that produces attractive pinkish-white flowers on long, hanging racemes. The flowers open during evening-night time during which only hawk moths swiftly visit them for nectar collection effecting both self- and cross-pollination. Fruits are large, single-seeded, indehiscent and buoyant, and disperse in the direction of tidal or ocean currents. Seeds are exposed only when fruits rot; when anchored in the muddy substratum, they germinate within two or three weeks to produce new plants.https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2019-0017barringtonia racemosahanging racemeslate evening anthesishawk moth pollinationindehiscent fruits |
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Aluri Jacob Solomon Raju Palathoti Suvarna Raju Banisetti Dileepu Kumar Samareddy Sravan Kumar Pollination Ecology Characteristics of Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. (Lecythidaceae) Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research barringtonia racemosa hanging racemes late evening anthesis hawk moth pollination indehiscent fruits |
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Aluri Jacob Solomon Raju Palathoti Suvarna Raju Banisetti Dileepu Kumar Samareddy Sravan Kumar |
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Pollination Ecology Characteristics of Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. (Lecythidaceae) |
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Pollination Ecology Characteristics of Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. (Lecythidaceae) |
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Pollination Ecology Characteristics of Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. (Lecythidaceae) |
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Pollination Ecology Characteristics of Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. (Lecythidaceae) |
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Pollination Ecology Characteristics of Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. (Lecythidaceae) |
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pollination ecology characteristics of barringtonia racemosa (l.) spreng. (lecythidaceae) |
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Barringtonia racemosa is an evergreen mangrove associate. It is an year-round bloomer that produces attractive pinkish-white flowers on long, hanging racemes. The flowers open during evening-night time during which only hawk moths swiftly visit them for nectar collection effecting both self- and cross-pollination. Fruits are large, single-seeded, indehiscent and buoyant, and disperse in the direction of tidal or ocean currents. Seeds are exposed only when fruits rot; when anchored in the muddy substratum, they germinate within two or three weeks to produce new plants. |
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barringtonia racemosa hanging racemes late evening anthesis hawk moth pollination indehiscent fruits |
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