Thrips pollination of Mesozoic gymnosperms
Volume: 109, Issue: 22, Pages: 8623 - 8628
Published: May 21, 2012
Abstract
Within modern gymnosperms, conifers and Ginkgo are exclusively wind pollinated whereas many gnetaleans and cycads are insect pollinated. For cycads, thrips are specialized pollinators. We report such a specialized pollination mode from Early Cretaceous amber of Spain, wherein four female thrips representing a genus and two species in the family Melanthripidae were covered by abundant Cycadopites pollen grains. These females bear unique ring...
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Title
Thrips pollination of Mesozoic gymnosperms
Published Date
May 21, 2012
Volume
109
Issue
22
Pages
8623 - 8628
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