Floral device for obligate selfing by remote insect activity and anemochory in Wrightia tinctoria (Roxb.) R.Br. (Apocynaceae).

摘要

This paper describes a study on the reproductive system, pollination mechanism, pollinators and seed dispersal in Wrightia tinctoria as observed during 2003 and 2004 in Andhra Pradesh, India. Results indicated that the floral morphology and seed characteristics of W. tinctoria enables the plant to use wind for dissemination of its seeds and therefore, exhibits entomophily and anemochory for the success of its sexual reproduction.