Two Types of Pollen Placement by <i>Impatiens</i> Species (IMAGE)

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Two Types of Pollen Placement by <i>Impatiens</i> Species

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(A) All known Impatiens species place pollen grains on the dorsal part of the head; this panel shows a sunbird Cyanomitra oritis during nectar foraging on Impatiens sakeriana. (B) Flower of I. frithii with atypical spur curvature. (C) Sunbird C. oritis inserting its bill into an I. frithii flower that is still in a normal position (snapshot from a video recording). (D) Nectar spur of I. frithii in an inverted position, fi tting the beak shape of C. oritis (snapshot from a video recording).

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<i>Current Biology</i>, Bartos et al.

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