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The remarkable weevil pollination of the neotropicalCarludovicoideae (Cyclanthaceae)

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Further evidence for a specialized plant-pollinator relationship in the weevil pollinatedCarludovicoideae (Cyclanthaceae) is presented, with emphasis on the previously uninvestigated genusSphaeradenia. Weevils use the carludovicoid inflorescence for feeding, shelter, mating, and oviposition, the last-mentioned activity in the usually caducous staminate flowers. While visiting the inflorescence, they effect pollination. Adaptations, advantages, and consequences for this sophisticated system, both of the plants and pollinators, are discussed.

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  1. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Göteborg, Carl Skottsbergs Gata 22, S-413 19, Göteborg, Sweden

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Eriksson, R. The remarkable weevil pollination of the neotropicalCarludovicoideae (Cyclanthaceae). Pl Syst Evol 189, 75–81 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00937579

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