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Intraspecific variation has been found for several pollination-related characteristics in two isolated populations of the self-incompatible treeAcacia terminalis: floral characteristics including colour and flowering time; style length; size and colour of extrafloral nectaries on the leaf petioles; chemical components of the extrafloral nectar; different taxa of bee pollinators; and frequency differences in bird pollinators. These differences possibly reflect the evolution of two different pollination syndromes within this species.
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Kenrick, J., Bernhardt, P., Marginson, R. et al. Pollination-related characteristics in the mimosoid legumeAcacia terminalis (Leguminosae) . Pl Syst Evol 157, 49–62 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00939180
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