Axinaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. As of 2012, there are at least 42 species.[1] They are small trees and shrubs. They are native to the Americas; almost all are found in the Andes.[2]
Plants of this genus are pollinated when birds, several species of fruit-eating tanagers, consume specialized appendages on the stamens. As they grasp the nutritious appendages, a cloud of pollen is released. This has been called "puff pollination".[3][4]
Species include:
Axinaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. As of 2012, there are at least 42 species. They are small trees and shrubs. They are native to the Americas; almost all are found in the Andes.
Plants of this genus are pollinated when birds, several species of fruit-eating tanagers, consume specialized appendages on the stamens. As they grasp the nutritious appendages, a cloud of pollen is released. This has been called "puff pollination".
Species include:
Axinaea affinis (Naudin) Cogn. Axinaea carolinae-telleziae Axinaea fernando-cabiesii Axinaea flava Axinaea glauca Axinaea lawessonii E. Cotton Axinaea macrophylla (Naudin) Triana Axinaea merianiae (DC.) Triana Axinaea ninakurorum Axinaea nitida Cogn. Axinaea pauciflora Cogn. Axinaea quitensis Benoist Axinaea sclerophylla Triana Axinaea sessilifolia Triana Axinaea sodiroi Wurdack Axinaea reginae
