pollination_syndrome
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- Label: Pollination syndrome
- Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0030061
- Type: categorical
- Definition: A classification [NCIT:C25161] based on a taxon's [NCIT:C40098] flower morphology traits [TO:0000499] that indicates the taxa (biotic vectors) or abiotic mechanisms [NCIT:C25343] that most likely pollinate [GO:0009856] a flower [PO:0009046].;For a given taxon, the biotic vectors (including explicit taxa) or abiotic mechanisms that are most likely to pollinate its flowers, based on the taxon's flower morphology.
- Additional comments: Trait values include both very specific terms and quite general ones, reflecting the variation in detail provided across studies.
- Allowed values:
value description abiotic Floral syndrome indicates pollination occurs through wind, water, or collision of free-floating particles. animal Floral syndrome suggests flowers are animal-pollinated. ballistic Floral syndrome suggests pollen is launched away from the plant by explosion. bat Floral syndrome suggests flowers are bat-pollinated. bee Floral syndrome suggests flowers are bee-pollinated. beetle Floral syndrome suggests flowers are beetle-pollinated. biotic Floral syndrome suggests flowers are pollinated by a biotic agent. bird Floral syndrome suggests flowers are bird-pollinated. butterfly Floral syndrome suggests flowers are butterfly-pollinated. fly Floral syndrome suggests flowers are fly-pollinated. insect Floral syndrome suggests flowers are insect-pollinated, type of insect not specified. mammal Floral syndrome suggests flowers are mammal-pollinated. moth Floral syndrome suggests flowers are moth-pollinated. pollination_rare Plants mostly reproduce through vegetative spread and flowering is rare. self Floral syndrome suggests flowers are primarily self-pollinating. thrip Floral syndrome suggests flowers are thrip-pollinated. vertebrate Floral syndrome suggests flowers are vertebrate-pollinated (bats, birds, mammals or lizards). wasp Floral syndrome suggests flowers are wasp-pollinated. water Floral syndrome suggests flowers are water-pollinated. wind Floral syndrome suggests flowers are wind-pollinated.
See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0030061) for additional information about this trait.
Coverage
For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 13,440 records. This includes:
- data for 9,079 species.
- data for 230 families.
- data from 11 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)