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Title
White Flowers of the Ginger <I>Zingiber longipedunculatum</I> Pollinated by Fema
Author
Shoko Sakai Kyoto University Center for Ecological Research Sakyo Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
Keywords
bee, coevolution, Costaceae, floral morphology, pollination guild, Sarawak, spiderhunter, Zingiberaceae, Shoko Sakai, Makoto Kat
Description
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In the dark forest understory, white flowers of the ginger Zingiber longipedunculatum are pollinated by pollen-collecting female Amegilla bees (Anthophoridae). Ginger species in a Bornean forest show high diversity, but they were grouped into only three pollination guilds.
Publisher
Botanical Society of America
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