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The Prosoeca peringueyi (Diptera: Nemestrinidae) pollination guild in southern Africa: long-tongued flies and their tubular flowers
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Table 3
Floral characteristics of species with the Lapeirousia silenoides-type flower. The floral
tube is closed in the lower 10-12 mm in B. curviscapa, 20-30 mm in B. dregei, and 15-20 mm in
B. framesii, hence floral tube length does not reflect the distance that an insect must extend its
mouthparts to reach the nectar.
Z= zygomorphic; A= actinomorphic.
Family/species |
Symmetry |
Scent |
Tube length (mm) |
Flowering time |
Geraniaceae |
Pelargonium cortusifolium |
Z |
0 |
ca. 30 |
Mar.-Nov. |
P. crassicaule |
Z |
0 |
15-25 |
(Mar.-)Aug.-Sept.(-Oct.) |
P. echinatum |
Z |
0 |
25-55 |
(July-)Aug.-Oct. |
P. incrassatum |
Z |
0 |
30-40 |
Aug.-Sept. |
P. magenteum |
Z |
0 |
33-47 |
(June-)July-Sept. |
P. sericifolium |
Z |
0 |
35-60 |
(July-)Aug.-Sept. |
Iridaceae |
Babiana curviscapa |
Z |
0 |
36-48 |
Aug.-Sept. |
B. dregei |
Z |
0 |
50-65 |
Aug.-Sept. |
B. ecklonii |
Z |
0 |
40-50 |
Sept. |
B. flabellifolia |
Z |
0 |
40-65 |
Aug.-Sept. |
B. framesii |
Z |
1 |
60-70 |
Aug.-Sept. |
B. geniculata |
Z |
0 |
35-45 |
Aug. |
B. pubescens |
Z |
0 |
ca. 50 |
(July-)Aug. |
B. sambucina var. longibracteata |
Z |
1 |
30-50 |
Aug.-Sept. |
B. sambucina var. unguiculata |
Z |
1 |
38-55 |
Aug.-Sept. |
Geissorhiza kamiesmontana |
Z |
0 |
18-25 |
Sept. |
Hesperantha latifolia |
A |
0 |
15-25 |
Aug.-Sept. |
H. oligantha |
A |
0 |
30-36 |
Sept.(-Oct.) |
H. purpurea |
A |
0 |
ca. 20 |
Sept. |
Lapeirousia dolomitica subsp. dolomitica |
Z |
1 |
25-45 |
(June-)July-Sept. |
L. dolomitica subsp. lewisiana |
Z |
0 |
45-55 |
July-Aug. |
L. jacquinii |
Z |
0 |
30-40 |
July-Sept. |
L. oreogena |
A |
0 |
50-60 |
Aug.(-Sept.) |
L. pyramidalis subsp. regalis |
Z |
0 |
40-50 |
July-Aug. |
L. silenoides |
Z |
0 |
40-55 |
July-Sept. |
L. violacea |
Z |
0 |
35-40 |
Aug.-Sept. |
Romulea hantamensis |
A |
0 |
50-70 |
Aug.-Sept. |
Sparaxis variegata subsp. metelerkampiae |
Z |
0 |
34-37 |
Aug.-Sept. |
Tritonia marlothii |
Z |
0 |
25-44 |
Aug.-Sept. |
Xenoscapa uliginosa |
Z |
0 |
25-30 |
Sept.(-Oct.) |
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