Table 2.
Family/genus | Apid nectar | Long-proboscid fly | Moth | Bird | Butterfly | Reference |
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Crocoideae | ||||||
Babiana | 22.0–42.3 | 22.0–31.7 | 26.0–31.7 | 21.0–25.5 | n/a | Manning & Goldblatt (1996), Goldblatt & Manning (in press) |
Chasmanthe | n/a | n/a | n/a | 10.0–17.3 | n/a | Goldblatt et al. (2004a) |
Crocosmia | 23.2 | n/a | n/a | 17.4–18.0 | 17.7–23.3 | Goldblatt et al. (2004a) |
Geissorhiza | 26.3–>50 | 19.6–29.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Manning & Goldblatt (1997) |
Gladiolus | 25.0–44.0 | 24.8–33.2 | 20.0–36.4 | 18.2–35.4 | 19.5–26.1 | Goldblatt & Manning (2004, and sources cited therein) |
Hesperantha | 21.3–>50 | 26.4–28.5* 13.7–19.3† | (21.5–)32.0–48.0 | n/a | 15.4–20.8 | Goldblatt et al. (2004b) |
Ixia | 28 | 23.7–29.8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Goldblatt et al. (2000a) |
Lapeirousia | 26.7–34.1 | 21.1–30.4 | 27.0–34.1 | n/a | n/a | Goldblatt et al. (1995) |
Romulea | >50 | 20.0–23.5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Goldblatt et al. (2002a) |
Sparaxis | 24.3–41.5 | 28.2–28.5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Goldblatt et al. (2000b) |
Tritonia | 38.4 | 23.2–29.3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Manning & Goldblatt (1997) and unpubl. data |
Tritoniopsis | 23.8–44.0 | 29.0–32.0 | 23.8 | 24.2 | 3.5 | Manning & Goldblatt (2005) |
Watsonia | 32.0–33.3 | 26.3–26.5 | n/a | 14.5–23.8 | n/a | Goldblatt et al. (1999) |
Nivenioideae | ||||||
Klattia | n/a | n/a | n/a | 13.2–15.0 | n/a | Goldblatt (1993) |
Nivenia | 29.0 | 30.0–31.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Goldblatt (1993) |
Witsenia | n/a | n/a | n/a | 12.0–13.5 | n/a | Goldblatt (1993) |
Data for Tritoniopsis species pollinated by both sunbirds and butterflies are not listed—the range for these species is 16.1–27.0. Nectar readings are based on sample sizes of at least five individuals and more often ten: only the major source(s) of data for each genus are provided.
Species of the southern African winter-rainfall zone.
Species of the southern African summer-rainfall zone.