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Heliconia solomonensis is pollinated by the macroglosine bat (Melonycteris woodfordi) in the Solomon Islands. Heliconia solomonensis has green inflorescences and flowers that open at night, which is typical of bat pollinated plants. The macroglosine bat is the only known nocturnal pollinator of Heliconia solomonensis. [15]
Tacca chantrieri is a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae. It was first described in 1901 by Édouard André. [1] T. chantrieri is native to southeastern Asia. It is commonly known as the black bat flower due to its shape and coloring. [2] The bat flower has unique pollination method in that it is mostly autonomous self ...
Many Tacca species have nearly black flowers, with conspicuous involucral bracts and bracteoles like whiskers. [5] Engbert Drenth hypothesized that species of this genus attracted "carrion and dung flies" for pollination and that the fleshy seam of the seed might be attractive to ants and hence that ants might aid in seed dispersal.
These are herbs, shrubs, or lianas. Most have either green or yellow flowers with purple markings and inflated fruit pods. [5] The flowers of these plants are pollinated by bats, except for Burmeistera rubrosepala, which is pollinated by hummingbirds. Bats such as Anoura geoffroyi and Anoura caudifer visit the flowers for the nectar. [1 ...
Male flowers produce nectar that provides a simple but very sweet fragrance which promotes bat-pollination. [13] Analysis of fossil coprolites suggest the kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus), a flightless nocturnal parrot, was also a pollinator. [14] Pollinated plants produce fruits slightly under 2 mm (0.079 in) long. [1]
Mucuna holtonii is a species of plant in the bean family, which is pollinated by bats.Bats are able to detect if the flowers have nectar using echolocation. [2] [3] After an initial bat visit during which nectar is removed, the petals are arranged in a different manner (altering the shape of the flower).
Pteropus (suborder Yinpterochiroptera) is a genus of megabats which are among the largest bats in the world. They are commonly known as fruit bats or flying foxes, among other colloquial names. They live in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, East Africa, and some oceanic islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. [3]
Short-nosed fruit bats inflict serious damage on many fruit crops, and are considered pests. In addition, these bats are possible vectors for Japanese encephalitis, which is serious disease in humans. [8] These bats are important dispersers of date palm seeds, and pollinate many night blooming flowers.