Axinaea
| Axinaea | |
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| Axinaea macrophylla | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Ruiz & Pav. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Axinaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. As of 2012, there are at least 42 species.[2] They are small trees and shrubs. They are native to the Americas; almost all are found in the Andes.[3]
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".[4][5]
Species include:[1]
- Axinaea affinis Cogn.
- Axinaea alata E.Cotton
- Axinaea campii E.Cotton
- Axinaea carolina-telleziae Bussmann & Paniagua
- Axinaea colombiana Lozano & Alvear
- Axinaea confusa E.Cotton
- Axinaea costaricensis Cogn.
- Axinaea crassinoda Triana
- Axinaea dentata E.Cotton
- Axinaea dependens Ruiz & Pav.
- Axinaea disrupta E.Cotton
- Axinaea fallax Gleason ex Cuatrec.
- Axinaea fernando-cabiesii Bussmann, J.A.Gruhn & A.Glenn
- Axinaea flava E.Cotton, Bussmann & P.Lozano
- Axinaea floribunda Triana
- Axinaea glandulosa Ruiz & Pav. ex D. Don
- Axinaea glauca E.Cotton & P.Lozano
- Axinaea grandifolia Triana
- Axinaea lanceolata Ruiz & Pav.
- Axinaea lawessonii E.Cotton
- Axinaea lehmannii Cogn.
- Axinaea luteynii E.Cotton
- Axinaea macrophylla Triana
- Axinaea merianiae Triana
- Axinaea mertensioides Wurdack
- Axinaea minutiflora E.Cotton
- Axinaea nitida Cogn.
- Axinaea oblongifolia (Cogn.) Wurdack
- Axinaea pauciflora Cogn.
- Axinaea pendula E.Cotton
- Axinaea pennellii Gleason
- Axinaea quitensis Benoist
- Axinaea reginae Bussmann, Gruhn & A.Glenn
- Axinaea ruizteranii Wurdack
- Axinaea sclerophylla Triana
- Axinaea scutigera Triana
- Axinaea sessilifolia Triana
- Axinaea sodiroi Wurdack
- Axinaea tomentosa Cogn.
- Axinaea wurdackii Sagást., S.J.Arroyo & E.Rodr.
References
- ^ a b "Axinaea Ruiz & Pav". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
- ^ Bussmann, R. W., & Zambrana, N. P. (2012). Axinaea ninakurorum (Melastomataceae)− a new species from the northern Peruvian Merianeae hotspot. Arnaldoa 19(1) 23-27.
- ^ 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.