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- Title
- The stamens of <em>Byblis gigantea</em>
- Author
- Sherwin Carlquist Santa Barbara California USA
- Keywords
- Byblis gigantea, stamen
- Description
- Byblis gigantea, stamen
- The stamens of Byblis gigantea don't open by slits. Rather, they have flaring holes at their tips. Byblis is one of a few flowering plants that have what is known as buzz pollination. In this process, the insects of an insect beat at frequencies that set the stamens in motion. As the stamens vibrate, the pollen grains shake out and dust the surfaces of the insect and catch on its hairs.
Return to the Byblis [1] page or the Carnivorous Plant Index [2].
- Publisher
- Botanical Society of America
- Additional data
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copyright: Carlquist, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
- Collection
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Carnivorous Plants
- Botanical Name
- <em>Byblis gigantea</em>
- Common Name
- Rainbow Plant
- Location Area
- Southwestern Australia
- Location Country
- Australia
- Categories
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