SPECIAL COLLECTION:
Pollination Syndrome Scavenger Hunt
The plants on this page are frequently used species to represent the main pollination syndromes. Many are prolific bloomers over a long period, others bloom infrequently, but are unique enough in their particular syndrome to warrant inclusion in this list.
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More information on individual pollination syndromes can be found on the following pages:
- Wind (anemophily)
- Water (hydrophily)
- Bee (melittophily)
- Butterfly (psychophily)
- Moth (phalaenophily)
- Fly (myophily and sapromyophily)
- Bird (ornithophily)
- Bat (chiropterophily)
- Non-flying Rodent (therophily)
- Beetle (cantharophily)
Pollination specific videos are included on some of the individual web pages. We have provided them here as well for quick reference.
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data regenerated on Thu, 17 Jan 2019 09:59:36 -0500
26 Accessions:
- 1101: Catharanthus roseus - Rose Periwinkle - Apocynaceae
- 1103: Theobroma cacao - Cacao, Chocolate - Malvaceae
- 1110: Barringtonia racemosa - Powder Puff Tree - Lecythidaceae
- 1113: Marsdenia floribunda - Stephanotis - Apocynaceae
- 1117: Cyperus alternifolius - Umbrella Plant - Cyperaceae
- 1118: Strelitzia reginae - Bird of Paradise, Crane Lily - Strelitziaceae
- 1201: Brighamia insignis - Alula, Haha - Campanulaceae
- 1217: Ixora javanica - Jungle Flame - Rubiaceae
- 1220: Eupomatia laurina - Copper Laurel, Bolwarra - Eupomatiaceae
- 1309: Asclepias curassavica - Blood-flower - Apocynaceae
- 1316: Carludovica palmata - Panama Hat Plant - Cyclanthaceae
- 1318: Aristolochia gigantea - Brazilian Dutchman's Pipe - Aristolochiaceae
- 1318: Ceratophyllum demersum - Coontail - Ceratophyllaceae
- 1319: Russelia equisetiformis - Firecracker Plant, Coral Plant - Plantaginaceae
- 1320: Sigmoidotropis speciosa - Wandering Cowpea - Fabaceae
- 2104: Ficus carica - Fig Tree - Moraceae
- 2207: Larryleachia cactiformis - Hondebal - Apocynaceae
- 2213: Carnegiea gigantea - Giant Saguaro - Cactaceae
- 2216: Cleistocactus strausii - Silver Torch - Cactaceae
- 2314: Banksia serrata - Old Man Banksia - Proteaceae
- 3204: Typhonium roxburghii - Dwarf Voodoo Lily - Araceae
- 3224: Neofinetia falcata - Japanese Wind Orchid - Orchidaceae
- 3228: Vanilla planifolia - Vanilla Orchid - Orchidaceae
- 3310: Canella winterana - Wild Cinnamon - Canellaceae
- 3313: Heliocereus speciosus - Sun Cactus - Cactaceae
- 3314: Myriophyllum aquaticum - Parrots Feather, Water Feather - Haloragaceae
W/C = Wild Collected
= Currently Flowering = Image(s) Available = map available for this accession
= voucher(s) on file at CONN for this accession