Table 1 Pollen placement strategies and floral morphological attributes of the guild of bat-pollinated plant species from PARNA Catimbau, Northeast Brazil
| Â | Flowering period | Bats body part | Pollen placement | Floral type | Symmetry | Symmetry | Herkogamy | Visit direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Monthly records during the data collection supplemented with herbaria information from SpeciesLink.) | (h-head; f-face; n-neck; c-chest; b-belly; s-shoulder to back; w-wings; u-uropatagium) | (sensu [3]) | (sensu [56]) | Vegetative whorl | Reproductive whorl | (sensu [57]) | (Sternotribic; Nototribic; Frontal; All) | |
Acanthaceae | Â | |||||||
 Harpochilus neesianus Mart. ex Nees | Throughout the year with a peak in October | s;u | Stamp | Gullet | Asymmetric | Zygomorphic | Approach | Nototribic |
Bromeliaceae | ||||||||
 Dyckia spectabilis (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Baker | August to November with a peak in September | h;f;n | Stroke | Pseudo-brush | Actinomorphic | Actinomorphic | Absent | Frontal |
Cactaceae | ||||||||
 Pilosocereus catimbauensis N.P.Taylor & Albuq.-Lima | January to March with a peak in February | f | Stamp | Campanulate | Zygomorphic | Actinomorphic | Absent | Frontal |
 Pilosocereus catingicola (Gürke) Byles & Rowley | August to November with a peak in September | h;f;n | Stamp | Campanulate | Zygomorphic | Actinomorphic | Absent | Nototribic |
 Pilosocereus pachycladus F.Ritter | February to May with a peak in April | f | Stamp | Campanulate | Zygomorphic | Actinomorphic | Absent | Frontal |
 Xiquexique gounellei (F.A.C.Weber) Lavor & Calvente | February to May with a peak in April | f | Stamp | Tube | Zygomorphic | Actinomorphic | Absent | Frontal |
 Xiquexique tuberculatus (Werderm.) Lavor & Calvente | Throughout the year with a peak from October to January | f | Stamp | Tube | Zygomorphic | Actinomorphic | Absent | Frontal |
Capparaceae | ||||||||
 Cynophalla flexuosa (L.) J.Presl | October to March with a peak in flowering between November and December | h;f;n;c | Diffuse | Brush | Actinomorphic | Actinomorphic | Absent | All |
 Neocalyptrocalyx longifolium (Mart.) Cornejo & Iltis | September to February with a peak in flowering between October and November | h;f;n;c | Diffuse | Brush | Actinomorphic | Actinomorphic | Reverse | All |
Cleomaceae | ||||||||
 Tarenaya longicarpa Soares Neto & Roalson | Throughout the year with a peak from August to October | c;b;w | Diffuse | Flag | Zygomorphic | Actinomorphic | Absent | Sternotribic |
Convolvulaceae | ||||||||
 Ipomoea vespertilia D. Santos, G.C. Delgado-Junior & Buril | July to September with a peak in August | n;c | Stroke | Infundibuliform | Actinomorphic | Zygomorphic | Approach | Sternotribic |
Fabaceae | ||||||||
 Bauhinia acuruana Moric | January to April with a peak in February and June to October with a peak in August | n;c | Stroke | Flag | Asymmetric | Zygomorphic | Approach | Sternotribic |
 Bauhinia pentandra (Bong.) D.Dietr | Throughout the year with a peak between November and February | c;b | Stroke | Flag | Asymmetric | Zygomorphic | Approach | Sternotribic |
 Calliandra aeschynomenoides Benth | June to September with a peak in July | h;n;c | Diffuse | Pseudo-brush | Actinomorphic | Actinomorphic | Absent | All |
 Hymenaea cangaceira R.B.Pinto, Mansano & A.M.G.Azevedo | December to February with a peak in January | n;c | Diffuse | Dish | Actinomorphic | Actinomorphic | Absent | All |
 Mimosa lewisii Barneby | Throughout the year with a peak from June to July | n;c | Stroke | Pseudo-brush | Actinomorphic | Actinomorphic | Absent | Sternotribic |
Lythraceae | ||||||||
 Lafoensia glyptocarpa Koehne | June to September with a peak in July | c;b;w | Diffuse | Dish | Actinomorphic | Actinomorphic | Absent | Sternotribic |
Malvaceae | ||||||||
 Ceiba glaziovii (Kuntze) K.Schum | July to September with a peak in August | h;f;n;c | Stroke | Dish | Actinomorphic | Zygomorphic | Approach | Frontal |
 Helicteres baruensis Jac | July to September with a peak in August | b | Stroke | Flag | Zygomorphic | Zygomorphic | Absent | Sternotribic |
 Pseudobombax marginatum (A.St.-Hil., Juss. & Cambess.) A.Robyns | June to September with a peak in July | h;f;n;c;b;s;w | Diffuse | Brush | Actinomorphic | Actinomorphic | Absent | All |