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CHIROPTEROPHILY [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Horticulture
  • Zoology
CONT

Pollination biology. ... pollination: transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma involving one or more flowers. ... anemophily (wind) ... entomophily (insect) ... ornithophily (birds) ... chiropterophily (bat) ... hydrophily (water) ... nectar: watery fluid containing sugar and other dissolved materials secreted by special glands nectaries: floral (on flowers) and extrafloral (elsewhere).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Horticulture
  • Zoologie
DEF

Pollinisation par les chauve-souris.

OBS

chiroptérogame, syn. : chéiroptérophile (adj.) : Se dit des fleurs dont la pollinisation est assurée par la visite de chauve-souris.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Horticultura
  • Zoología
DEF

Polinización a través de murciélagos.

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