Bromeliaceae Literature: Pollination Biology

• Aguilar R., P.A.; Krömer, T.; Tschapka, M.; José G. García F., Escobedo S., J.i & MacSwiney G., M.C. (2019) Bat pollination in Bromeliaceae. Plant Ecology & Diversity 11: 1-20.
• Aguilar-Rodríguez, P.A., Krömer, T. and MacSwiney G., M.C. (2014) The Secrets of Night-Blooming Bromeliads and Bats. Journal of the Bromeliad Society 64(3): 156-165.
• Aguilar-Rodríguez, P.A., Macswiney, M.C.G, Krömer, T., García-Franco, J.G., Knauer, A., Kessler, M. (2014) First record of bat-pollination in the species-rich genus Tillandsia (Bromeliaceae). Annals of Botany 113: 1047 – 1055, 2014.
• Aguilar-Rodríguez, P.A.; Krömer, T.; García-Franco, J.G.; MacSwiney G., M.C. (2016) From dusk till dawn: nocturnal and diurnal pollination in the epiphyte Tillandsia heterophylla (Bromeliaceae). Plant Biology 18(1): 37-45.
• Arruda, K.C.R.; Lenzi, M.; Takahasi, A.; Paggi, G.M. (2024) Investigating the reproductive strategies of Deuterocohnia meziana (Bromeliaceae), an endangered and restricted species from South American rocky outcrops. The Science of Nature 111(4): 37.
• Bernardello, L.M.; Galetto, L. & Juliani, H.R. (1991) Floral Nectar, Nectary Structure and Pollinators in Some Argentinean Bromeliaceae. Annals of Botany 67: 401-411.
• Buzato, S.; Sazima, M. & Sazima, I. (2000) Hummingbird-Pollinated Floras at Three Atlantic Forest Sites. Biotropica 32(4b): 824–841.
• Canela, M.B.F. & Sazima, M. (2005) The pollination of Bromelia antiacantha (Bromeliaceae) in Southeastern Brazil: Ornithophilous versus Melittophilous features. Plant biology 7: 411-416.
• Cardoso de Araujo Fagundes, A.; de Souza, E.H.; Silveira Funch, L.; Machado, I.C.; Alves de Siqueira-Filho, J. (2024) Autogamy ensures reproductive success in the bromeliad Dyckia dissitiflora Schult.f., endemic to the Brazilian caatinga domain. Plant Species Biology n/a(n/a):.
• Cascante-Marín, A.; Oostermeijer, J.G.B.; Wolf, J.H.D.; den Nijs, J.C.M. (2005) Reproductive Biology of the Epiphytic Bromeliad Werauhia gladioliflora in a Premontane Tropical Forest. Plant Biology 7(2): 203-209.
• Cavalcante, B.P.; Souza, E.H.D.; Williams, J.H .; Versieux, L.M. (2019) Reproductive systems and post-pollination barriers between two closely related eu-bromelioids (Bromeliaceae) in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 20: 1–12.
• Christianini, A.V. ; Forzza, R. C. & Buzato, S. (2013) Divergence on floral traits and vertebrate pollinators of two endemic Encholirium bromeliads. Plant Biology 15(2): 360-368.
• Franco S., A. & Bonilla G., M.A. (2021) Sexual reproductive strategies of Puya nitida (Bromeliaceae) in a Colombian paramo, a tropical high-elevation ecosystem. Journal of Tropical Ecology 37(1): 1-9.
• Freitas, A.F.N. & Rocha, C.F.D. (2011) Reproductive phenology and flower visitors' guild of Canistropsis microps (Bromeliaceae) in an Atlantic Rainforest of southeastern Brazil. Journal of Natural History 45(17–18): 1021–1034.
• Fumero C., J.J.; Meléndez A., E.J. (2013) Effects of nectar robbing on pollinator behavior and plant reproductive success of Pitcairnia angustifolia (Bromeliaceae). Plant Species Biology 28(3): 224-234.
• Fumero-Cabán, J.J.; Meléndez-Ackerman, E.J. (2007) Relative pollination effectiveness of floral visitors of Pitcairnia angustifolia (Bromeliaceae). American Journal of Botany 94(3): 419-424.
• G.García-Franco, J.; Martinez Burgoa, D.; Pérez, T.M. (2001) Hummingbird Flower Mites and Tillandsia spp. (Bromeliaceae): Polyphagy in a Cloud Forest of Veracruz, Mexico. Biotropica 33(3): 538-542.
• Galetto, L.& Bernardello, L.M. (1992) Extrafloral nectaries that attract ants in Bromeliaceae: structure and nectar composition. Canadian Journal of Botany 70(6): 1101-1106.
• Galetto, L.; Bernardello, L. (1992) Nectar Secretion Pattern and Removal Effects in Six Argentinean Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae). Botanica Acta 105(4): 292-299.
• Gardner, C.S. (1986) Inferences about pollination in Tillandsia (Bromeliaceae). Selbyana; 9: 76-87.
• Gomes, A.C.; Ferreira, B.H.S.; Souza, C.S.; Arakaki, L.M.M.; Aoki, C.; Matos Paggi, G.M. & Sigrist, M.R. (2019) Adaptive response of extreme epiphyte Tillandsia species (Bromeliaceae) is demonstrated by different sexual reproduction strategies in the Brazilian Chaco. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 20: 1–15.
• Gomez E., N.; Tellez B., B.; Krömer, T. (2023) The poorly known genus Greigia Regel (Bromelioideae) and its mysterious pollinators. Journal of the Bromeliad Society 73(1): 30-41.
• Göttlinger, T.; Schwerdtfeger, M.; Tiedge, K.; Tiedge, K. & Lohaus, G. (2019) What Do Nectarivorous Bats Like? Nectar Composition in Bromeliaceae With Special Emphasis on Bat-Pollinated Species. Frontiers in Plant Science 10.
• Hornung L., C.T. (2007) Nectar production in Pitcairnia imbricata (Bromeliaceae). Journal of the Bromeliad Society 56(6): 260-269.
• Hornung L., C.T.; González G., P., & Troncoso, A. (2013) Morphology, nectar characteristics and avian pollinators in five Andean Puya species (Bromeliaceae). Acta Oecologica 51: 54–61.
• Hornung L., C.T.; González G., P., & Troncoso, A. (2015) Nectar and pollinators in species of Puya. In: Benko-Iseppon, A.M.; Alves, M. & Louzada, R. (2015) An overview and abstracts of the First World Congress on Bromeliaceae Evolution. Rodriguésia 66(2): A1-A66. , pp.
• Kaehler, M.; Varassin, I.G. & Goldenberg, R. (2005) Pollination of a bromeliad community in the high montane Atlantic rain forest in Paraná state, Brazil. Revista Brasil. Bot 28(2): 219-228.
• Kamke, R.; Schmid, S.; Zillikens, A.; Lopes, B.C. & Steiner, J. (2011) The importance of bees as pollinators in the short corolla bromeliad Aechmea caudata in southern Brazil. Flora 206: 749–756.
• Kessler, M. & Krömer, T. (2000) Patterns and ecological correlates of pollination modes among Bromeliad communities of Andean Forests in Bolivia. Plant biology 2: 659-669.
• Krömer, T. (2003) Fledermausbestäubung (Chiropterophilie) bei Bromelien der Gattung Guzmania in Bolivien. Die Bromelie 2003(3): 60-63.
• Krömer, T. (2004) Fledermausbestaubung (Chiropterophilie) bei Bromelien der Gattung Guzmania in Bolivien. Die Bromelie 3/2003: 60-64..
• Krömer, T.; Kessler, M.; Lohaus, G. & Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N. (2008) Nectar sugar composition and concentration to pollination syndromes in Bromeliaceae. Plant Biology 10(2008): 502–511.
• Krömer, T.; Kessler, M.; Lohaus, G.; Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N. (2008) Nectar sugar composition and concentration in relation to pollination syndromes in Bromeliaceae. Plant Biology 10(4): 502-511.
• Leandro Freitas, Priciane C C Ribeiro, Aline S Cancio, Marco A Machado, Michelle C Sampaio, Rafaela C Forzza, Lyderson F Viccini (2019) Population demography, genetic variation and reproductive biology of two rare and endangered Neoregelia species (Bromeliaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 192(4): 787–802.
• Lenzi, M.; Matos, J.Z.; Orth, A.I. (2006) Morphological and reproductive variation of Aechmea lindenii (E. Morren) Baker var. lindenii (Bromeliaceae). Acta bot. bras 20(2): 487-500.
• Lenzi, M.; Paggi, G.M. (2020) Reproductive biology of Dyckia excelsa Leme (Bromeliaceae): a xerophyte species from ironstone outcrops in central-western Brazil. Plant Species Biology 35(1): 97-108.
• Liang, C.C., Wei. T.Y. & Yeh, D.M. (2020) Pollination Timing and Hybrid Seed Production of Neoreglia. American Society for Horticultural Science 55(12): 1970-1973.
• Masrua, M.L.; Sousa, G. & Lopes, A.V. & Aguiar, B.A. & Soares, E.S.& Silva, A.C. (2015) Floral biology of E. erectiflorum L. B. Sm. (Bromeliaceae-Pitcairnioideae) at Sete Cidades National Park, Piaui. In: Benko-Iseppon, A.M.; Alves, M. & Louzada, R. (2015) An overview and abstracts of the First World Congress on Bromeliaceae Evolution. Rodriguésia 66(2): A1-A66. , pp.
• Matallana, G. & Wendt, T. (2015) Pollen and pistil interactions and hybridization in sympatric Bromeliaceae species in southeastern Brazil. In: Benko-Iseppon, A.M.; Alves, M. & Louzada, R. (2015) An overview and abstracts of the First World Congress on Bromeliaceae Evolution. Rodriguésia 66(2): A1-A66. , pp.
• Matallana, G.; Eugênio Oliveira, P.; da Silva, P.R.R.; Wendt, T. (2016) Post-pollination barriers in an assemblage of Bromeliaceae in south-eastern Brazil. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 181(3): 521-531.
• Matallana, G.; Godinho, M.A.S.; Guilherme, F.A.G.; Belisario, M.; Coser, T.S. & Wendt, T. (2010) Breeding systems of Bromeliaceae species: evolution of selfing in the context of sympatric occurrence. , pp.
• Missagia, C.C.C. & Alves, M.A.S. (2015) The rate of visitation by Amazilia fimbriata (Apodiformes: Trochilidae) influences seed production in Tillandsia stricta (Bromeliaceae). Zoologia 32(3): 260–262.
• Morgado, L.N. & Rocha, C.F.D. (2016) Diversity of Wild Bees and their Mediated Dispersal of Pollen from the Genus Tillandsia (Bromeliaceae, Tillandsioideae) in an Insular Area. Athens Journal of Sciences 3(4): 297-307.
• Müller, F (1892) Geradläufige Samenanlagen bei Hohenbergia. Berichte der Deutchen Botanischen Gesellschaft 11: 76-79.
• Neri, J.; Moura-Neto, H. & Maêda, A.Y. & Wendt, T.& Palma-Silva, C. (2015) Reproductive isolation between incipient outcrossing and selfing Vriesea species (Bromeliaceae). In: Benko-Iseppon, A.M.; Alves, M. & Louzada, R. (2015) An overview and abstracts of the First World Congress on Bromeliaceae Evolution. Rodriguésia 66(2): A1-A66. , pp.
• Neves, B.; Ferreira, P.L.; Prosdocimi, F.; Kessous, I.M.; Couto, D.R.; Moura, R.L.; Salgueiro, F.; Costa, A.F.; Bacon, C.D.; Antonelli, A. (2023) Repeated evolution of pollination syndromes in a highly diverse bromeliad lineage is correlated with shifts in life form and habitat. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society : boad015.
• Núñez Hidalgo, S.; Cascante, A. (2024) Selfing in epiphytic bromeliads compensates for the limited pollination services provided by nectarivorous bats in a neotropical montane forest. AoB PLANTS Online: 1-13.
• Ordano, M. & Ornelas, J.F. (2004) Generous-like flowers: nectar production in two epiphytic bromeliads and a meta-analysis of removal effects. Oecologia 140: 495-505.
• Ordano, M. & Ornelas, J.F. (2005) The cost of nectar replenishment in two epiphytic bromeliads. Journal of Tropical Ecology 21: 541–547.
• Ortiz-Crespo, F.I. (1973) Field studies on pollination of plants of the genus puya. Journal of the Bromeliad Society 23(2): 54-57.
• Ortiz-Crespo, F.I. (1973) Field studies on pollination of plants of the genus puya. Journal of the Bromeliad Society 23(1): 3-7.
• Paggi, G.M.; Palma S., C.; Silveira, L.C.T.; Kalchuk S., E.; Bodanesee Z., M.H. & Bered, F. (2007) Fertility of Vriesea gigantea Gaud. (Bromeliaceae) in southern Brazil. American Journal of Botany 94(4): 683–689.
• Paggi, Gecele Matos; Arruda, Kelly Conceição Rondon; Finati-Alves, Diego & Lenzi, Maurício (2015) Pollination biology of Deuterocohnia meziana kuntz ex. Mez (Bromeliaceae) from ironstone outcrops, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. In: Benko-Iseppon, A.M.; Alves, M. & Louzada, R. (2015) An overview and abstracts of the First World Congress on Bromeliaceae Evolution. Rodriguésia 66(2): A1-A66. , pp.
• Palma-Silva C, Cozzolino S, Paggi GM, Lexer C & Wendt T. (2015) Mating system variation and assortative mating of sympatric bromeliads (Pitcairnia spp.) endemic to neotropical inselbergs. American Journal of Botany 102: 758-764.
• Pennington, H.; Lingareddy, P.; Bodine, E.N. (2023) Modeling the Population Demographics & Viability of Imperiled Guzmania monostachia Populations. Spora 9:(1) 49–59.
• Piacentini, V.Q. & Varassin, I.G. (2007) Interaction network and the relationships between bromeliads and hummingbirds in an area of secondary Atlantic rain forest in southern Brazil. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23 : 663–671.
• Pool-Chalé, M.; RamÍrez-Morillo, I.M.; Carnevali, G.; P Hornung-Leoni, C. (2018) Reproductive biology of Aechmea bracteata (Sw.) Griseb. (Bromelioideae: Bromeliaceae). Plant Biol 20: 113–120.
• Queiroz, J.; Quirino, Z. & Lopes, A. & Machado, I. C. (2015) Mixed pollination system in Encholirium spectabile: a Bromeliaceae from inselbergs pollinated by bats, opossums and hummingbirds. In: Benko-Iseppon, A.M.; Alves, M. & Louzada, R. (2015) An overview and abstracts of the First World Congress on Bromeliaceae Evolution. Rodriguésia 66(2): A1-A66. , pp.
• Ramírez M., I.M. ; Chi May, F. & Carnevali Fernández-Concha, G. & May Pat, F. (2009) It takes two to tango: self incompatibility in the bromeliad Tillandsia streptophylla (Bromeliaceae) in Mexico. Revista de Biología Tropical Vol. 57 (3): 761-770.
• Ramírez M., I.M.; Carnevali G., F.C. & Olmsted, I. (2001) Pollination in Cryptanthus: a hypothesis. Journal of the Bromeliad Society 51(2): 65-70.
• Ramírez R., K.; Aguirre J., A.; Ramírez M., I.M. & García F., J.G. (2020) Floral biology and potential hybridization of three sympatric epiphytic bromeliads in Veracruz, Mexico . Plant Species Biol 2020: 1–13.
• Ramírez-Rosas, K.; Aguirre-Jaimes, A.; Ramírez-Morillo, I.M.; García-Franco, J.G. Floral biology and potential hybridization of three sympatric epiphytic bromeliads in Veracruz, Mexico. Plant Species Biology n/a(n/a): -.
• Rarmrez-Morillo, I. (2001) Pollinators in Cryptanthus: a hypothesis. Journal of the Bromeliad Society 51(2): 65-70.
• Rees, W.E. & Roe, N.A. (1980) Puya raimondii (Pitcairnioideae, Bromeliaceae) and birds: an hypothesis on nutrient relationships. Canadian Journal of Botany 58(11): 1262-1268.
• Ribeiro, I.F.; Menezes, L.F.T. & Matallana, G. (2015) Reproductive biology of Aechmea blanchetiana (Baker) L.B.Sm (Bromeliaceae) in Restinga of Guriri, São Mateus/ES, Brasil. In: Benko-Iseppon, A.M.; Alves, M. & Louzada, R. (2015) An overview and abstracts of the First World Congress on Bromeliaceae Evolution. Rodriguésia 66(2): A1-A66. , pp.
• Ríos, L.D., & Cascante M., A. (2016) High selfing capability and low pollinator visitation in the epiphyte Pitcairnia heterophylla (Bromeliaceae) at a Costa Rican cloud forest. bioRxiv (2016): 057109. (Web.).
• Rocca, M. & Marinho, F. (2015) Pollination ecology of Lymania azurea (Bromeliaceae): an endemic and threatened species from the Atlantic Rainforest. In: Benko-Iseppon, A.M.; Alves, M. & Louzada, R. (2015) An overview and abstracts of the First World Congress on Bromeliaceae Evolution. Rodriguésia 66(2): A1-A66. , pp.
• Santana, C.S. & Machado, C.G. (2010) Fenologia de floração e polinização de espécies ornitófilas de bromeliáceas em uma área de campo rupestre da Chapada Diamantina, BA, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Botanica 33(3): 469-477.
• Santos, R. & Mariath, J.E. (2015) Pollen ultrastructure of Dyckia distachya (Bromeliaceae). In: Benko-Iseppon, A.M.; Alves, M. & Louzada, R. (2015) An overview and abstracts of the First World Congress on Bromeliaceae Evolution. Rodriguésia 66(2): A1-A66. , pp.
• Sazima, M. & Sazima, I. (1999) The perching bird Coereba flaveola as a co-pollinator of bromeliad flowers in southeastern Brazil. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77(1): 47-51.
• Schmid, S.; Schmid, V.S.; Zillikens, A.; Harter-Marques, B. & Steiner, J. (2011) Bimodal pollination system of the bromeliad Aechmea nudicaulis involving hummingbirds and bees. Plant Biology 13 (Suppl. 1): 41–50.
• Scrok, G.J. & Varassin, I.G. (2011) Reproductive biology and pollination of Aechmea distichantha Lem. (Bromeliaceae). Acta Botanica Brasilica 25(3): 568-573.
• Sgorbati, S.; Labra, M.; Grugni, E.; Barcaccia, G.; Galasso, G.; Boni, U.; Mucciarelli, M.; Citterio, S.; Benavides Iramátegui, A.; Venero Gonzales, L.; Scannerini, S. (2004) A Survey of Genetic Diversity and Reproductive Biology of Puya raimondii (Bromeliaceae), the Endangered Queen of the Andes. Plant Biology 6(2): 222-230.
• Siqueira Filho, J.A. (1998) Biologia da polinizaçao de Bromeliaceae em remanescente da Floresta Atlântica, Pernambuco. Univ. Federal de Pernambuco, Recife Brazil, pp.
• Sluys, M.v.; Cardozo, C.A.; Mangolin, R.; Rocha, C.F.D. (2001) Rates of pollinator visitation to Vriesea procera (Bromeliaceae) at Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil. Bromelia 6(1-4): 19-24.
• Souza, E.H.D.; Versieux L.M.; Souza, F.V.D.; Rossia, M.L.; Carvalho Costa, M.A.P.; Martinelli, A.P. (2017) Interspecific and intergeneric hybridization in Bromeliaceae and their relationships to breeding systems. Scientia Horticulturae 223: 53–61.
• Torres, C.; Mazzei, M.P.; Vesprini, J.L.; Galetto, L. (2024) Plant Reproductive Success Mediated by Nectar Offered to Pollinators and Defensive Ants in Terrestrial Bromeliaceae. 13(4): 1-10 online.
• Varassin, I.G. & Sazima, M. (2012) Spatial heterogeneity and the distribution of bromeliad pollinators in the Atlantic Forest. Acta Oecologica 43: 104-112.
• Velásquez N., P.; Krömer, T.; Pacheco, L.F. (2023/11/22) Floral ecology of Puya ctenorhyncha (Bromeliaceae) an endemic plant of Bolivia. Botanical Sciences 100(1): 1-15 (online).
• Velásquez N., P.; Mayta, C.; Cuba, E.; E., E.G.; Montaño C., F.; Krömer, T. (2020) Floral ecology and floral visitors of Puya atra (Bromeliaceae), a Bolivian endemic plant. Ecologia en Bolivia 55: 36-45.
• Vervaeke, I. ; Parton, E. & Maene, L. & Deroose, R. & Proft, M.P. de (2002) Pollen tube growth and fertilization after different in vitro pollination techniques of Aechmea fasciata. Euphytica 124: 75-83.
• Vesprini, J.L.; Galetto, L. & Bernardello, G. (2003) The beneficial effect of ants on the reproductive success of Dyckia floribunda (Bromeliaceae), an extrafloral nectary plant. Canadian Journal of Botany 81(1): 24-27.

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