Brunsvigia gregaria
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> Family: Amaryllidaceae > Genus:
Brunsvigia
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| Brunsvigia gregaria flowering
in autumn on the Cape St. Francis coast, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
[all photos
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
Ecological interactions
Flower visitors and pollinators
- Birds
- Sunbirds. Balmford et al. (2006) revealed that
plants bagged during the day to stop pollinators from
accessing the flowers had less seed set than those left
unbagged thus indicating diurnal pollination. Based on
anecdotal observations they speculate that sunbirds,
especially
Nectarinia famosa (Malachite sunbird) and
possibly
Cinnyris afer (Greater double-collared sunbird) —
are the most likely pollinators of Brunsvigia gregaria.
Publications
- Balmford, B., Balmford, J., Balmford, A., Blakeman, S.,
Manica, A. and Cowling, R.M. 2006. Diurnal versus nocturnal
pollination of Brunsvigia gregaria R.A. Dyer (Amaryllidaceae) at
a coastal site. South African Journal of Botany 72(2): 291-294.
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