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. 2012 Aug 20;7(8):e41121. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041121

Table 2. Average stamen movement values per flower at different stimulus intervals (bold: experimentally derived data, rest: calculated).

species Loasa insons Nasa dyeri ssp. australis Nasa urens
stimulus interval in minutes 10 15 20 30 60 10 15 20 30 60 10 15 20 30 60
stamens moved per hour 4.56 4.84 4.74 5.04 3.22 6.78 5.93 5.22 4.87 3.63 5.88 9.84 4.38 4.79 2.39
total amount of stamens moved per stimulus 0.76 1.21 1.58 2.52 3.22 1.13 1.48 1.74 2.44 3.63 0.98 2.46 1.46 2.39 2.39
stimulus response (tot. movement - autonomous movement) 0.49 0.8 1.03 1.7 1.58 0.55 0.61 0.57 0.69 0.13 0.96 2.42 1.41 2.32 2.24
response within first 5 minutes after stimulus 0.48 0.43 0.71 1 0.81 0.61 0.87 0.93 1.02 0.71 0.9 2.28 0.98 1.19 1.19
autonomous stamen movement 0.27 0.41 0.55 0.82 1.64 0.58 0.88 1.17 1.75 3.5 0.25 0.38 0.5 0.75 1.5