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A review of pollination studies in the Palmae

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A review is given of the literature concerning palm pollination. Results of this review indicate great diversity in pollination, but three basic syndromes are common in the family, cantharophily, mellitophily, and myophily. Anemophily appears uncommon and derived. Evidence of a close association between certain beetles and palms may be indicative of ancestral cantharophily.

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Se presenta una revisión bibliográfica sobre la biología de la polinización de las palmas. Los resultados indican que hay una gran diversidad en cuanto a los modos de polinización, pero tres de ellos dominan, cantarófila, melitófila, y miófila. La amenófila parece escasa y derivada. La asociación íntima entre ciertos coleópteros y palmas surgiere que la polinización cantarófila es ancestral.

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Henderson, A. A review of pollination studies in the Palmae. Bot. Rev 52, 221–259 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02860996

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