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Table 3 Pollen and ovule production of a sample from the guild of bat-pollinated plant species from PARNA Catimbau, Northeast Brazil

From: Floral morphology and pollen placement strategies of bat-pollinated flowers: a comparative analysis within a guild of chiropterophilous plants in a neotropical dry forest

 

N (Bud/Ant.)

Anther per flower

Pollen per anther

Total pollen per flower

Ovules

P/O Ratio

Acanthaceae

 Harpochilus neesianus

10/2

2

13,688 ± 6267

27,375 ± 12,534

4

6844 ± 3133

Bromeliaceae

 Dyckia spectabilis

10/2

6

364,500 ± 133,178

2,187,000 ± 799,067

263 ± 74

8685 ± 2699

Cactaceae

 Pilosocereus catibauensis

5/10

615 ± 11

9833 ± 2009

6,051,250 ± 1,394,336

2050 ± 28

1771 ± 1685

 Xiquexique tuberculatus

10/10

888 ± 7

13,763 ± 3302

12,225,650 ± 2,970,933

2617 ± 17

4669 ± 1119

Capparaceae

 Cynophalla flexuosa

10/15

66 ± 1

18,742 ± 1904

1,236,642 ± 123,379

81 ± 1

15,327 ± 1554

 Neocalyptrocalyx longifolium

10/15

47

40,442 ± 1393

1,892,817 ± 71,797

38 ± 1

50,084 ± 1989

Cleomaceae

 Tarenaya longicarpa

10/3

6

208,375 ± 7968

1,250,250 ± 47,805

168 ± 1

7459 ± 271

Convolvulaceae

 Ipomoea vespertilia

10/5

5

1734 ± 29

8669 ± 147

4

2167 ± 37

Fabaceae

 Bauhinia acuruana

10/4

10

2858 ± 1277

28,584 ± 12,772

16 ± 6

1877 ± 847

 Bauhinia pentandra

10/4

10

2723 ± 404

27,228 ± 4039

19 ± 1

1481 ± 267

 Calliandra aeschynomenoides

10/5

19

4902 ± 220

93,138 ± 4179

18 ± 1

5174 ± 232

 Hymenaea cangaceira

10/4

10

38,625 ± 10,541

386,250 ± 105,411

12 ± 2

33,671 ± 10,379

 Mimosa lewisii

10/3

8

335,250 ± 4069

2,682,000 ± 32,554

10 ± 1

283,126 ± 16,564

Malvaceae

 Ceiba glaziovii

10/2

5

165,438 ± 50,178

827,188 ± 250,888

196 ± 18

4301 ± 1494