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Axinaea
Axinaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. As of 2012, there are at least 42 species.[1] They are small trees and shrubs. They are native to the Americas; almost all are found in the Andes.[2]
| Axinaea | |
|---|---|
| Axinaea macrophylla | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Axinaea Ruiz & Pav. |
Plants of this genus are pollinated when birds, several species of fruit-eating tanagers, consume specialized appendages on the stamens. As they grasp the nutritious appendages, a cloud of pollen is released. This has been called "puff pollination".[3][4]
Species include:
- Axinaea affinis (Naudin) Cogn.
- Axinaea carolinae-telleziae[5]
- Axinaea fernando-cabiesii[2]
- Axinaea flava[6]
- Axinaea glauca[6]
- Axinaea lawessonii E. Cotton[6]
- Axinaea macrophylla (Naudin) Triana
- Axinaea merianiae (DC.) Triana
- Axinaea ninakurorum[1]
- Axinaea nitida Cogn.
- Axinaea pauciflora Cogn.
- Axinaea quitensis Benoist
- Axinaea sclerophylla Triana
- Axinaea sessilifolia Triana
- Axinaea sodiroi Wurdack
- Axinaea reginae[2]
References edit
- ^ a b Bussmann, R. W., & Zambrana, N. P. (2012). Axinaea ninakurorum (Melastomataceae)− a new species from the northern Peruvian Merianeae hotspot. Arnaldoa 19(1) 23-27.
- ^ a b c Bussmann, R. W., Gruhn, J., & Glenn, A. (2010). Axinaea fernando‐cabiesii and A. reginae spp. nov.(Melastomataceae) from upper Amazonia of Peru, with notes on the conservation status of A. flava. Nordic Journal of Botany, 28(5), 518-522.
- ^ Edwards, J. (2014). Coevolution: puff pollination in tropical flowers. Current Biology, 24(14), R649-R651.
- ^ Dellinger, A. S., et al. (2014). A specialized bird pollination system with a bellows mechanism for pollen transfer and staminal food body rewards. Current Biology, 24(14), 1615-19.
- ^ Bussmann, R. W. and N. Y. Paniagua. (2013). Axinaea carolinae-telleziae (Melastomataceae) – another new species from northern Peru. March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Arnaldoa (20)1 19-24.
- ^ a b c Cotton, E., Bussmann, R. W., & Lozano, P. 2004. Three new Ecuadorian species of Axinaea (Melastomataceae). Nord. J. Bot, 23(1), 49.