Ammocharis tinneana (Northern ammocharis)

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Ammocharis tinneana, Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve, Zimbabwe. [photos Colin Wenham ©, Flora of Zimbabwe]

Ecological interactions

Pollinators

• Insects > Lepidoptera > Sphingidae (hawkmoths)
  • Agrius convolvuli (Convolvulus hawkmoth) recorded feeding from Ammocharis tinneana flowers in Kenya by Martins and Johnson (2007).

Links

• Ammocharis tinneana (Kotschy & Peyr.) Milne-Redh. & Schweick. (Flora of Zimabwe)

Publications

• Machochoa A., Chhabra S.C., Viladomat F., Codina C., Bastida J.1999. Alkaloids from Ammocharis tinneana. Phytochemistry 51(8): 1185-1191. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00118-1
• Martins DJ, Johnson SD. 2007. Hawkmoth pollination of aerangoid orchids in Kenya, with special reference to nectar sugar concentration gradients in the floral spurs. American Journal of Botany 94(4): 650-659. http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/ajb.94.4.650