Insects associated with flowering of Rhodomyrtus psidioides (Myrtaceae): Is this a Myrtle Rust (Austropuccinia psidii)-induced Plant-pollinator interaction Extinction Event?
- The threatened Australian endemic rainforest tree Rhodomyrtus psidioides (Myrtaceae) is visited and pollinated by a taxonomically diverse assemblage of mainly small, ecologically unspecialised, insects. Flower structure suggests that it may also be adapted for wind-pollination. However, the recent (2010) invasion by the aggressive fungal pathogen Myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii) has resulted in the local extinction of both the floral resource and associated plant-insect relationships. Here I table observed insect visitors to the flowers of Rhodomyrtus psidioides made before the impact of Myrtle rust - no other records appear to have been published.
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| Author: | Geoff Williams |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-515697 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/doi:10.7751/cunninghamia.2018.002 |
| ISSN: | 0727- 9620 |
| ISSN: | 2200 - 405X |
| Parent Title (English): | Cunninghamia : a journal of plant ecology for eastern Australia |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first Publication: | 2018 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2019/10/23 |
| Tag: | Lorien Wildlife Refuge; Myrtaceae; Rhodomyrtus psidioides; anthophilous insects; extinction; subtropical rainforest; threatened plants; wind-pollination |
| Volume: | 18 |
| Page Number: | 5 |
| First Page: | 23 |
| Last Page: | 27 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 455377855 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 58 Pflanzen (Botanik) / 580 Pflanzen (Botanik) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | Cunninghamia : A Journal of Plant Ecology for Eastern Australia / Cunninghamia : A Journal of Plant Ecology for Eastern Australia, Volume 18 (2018) |
| : | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-514434 |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
