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. 2019 May 29;14(5):e0217028. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217028

Table 1. Classes of reproductive life history traits with their respective categories used in this study.

Traits Trait categories
Floral biology
    Flower type1 camera, tube, disc, bell/funnel, gullet, inconspicuous, brush, flag
    Flower size2 inconspicuous (≤4 mm), small (>4 ≤10 mm), medium (>10 ≤20 mm), large (>20 ≤30 mm), very large (>30 mm)
    Floral reward3 nectar, pollen, oil, resin
Pollination systems3 birds, bats, wind, small bees (< 12mm), medium-large bees (> = 12mm), diverse small insects (DSI), moths, Sphingids (hawkmoths), flies, beetles, butterflies
Sexual systems4 hermaphrodite, monoecious, dioecious
Reproductive systems4,5 self-compatible, self-incompatible, agamospermy, obligatory cross-pollination (self-incompatible species + dioecious)
Fruit type6 dry, fleshy
Dispersal mode7 zoochory, autochory, anemochory

1According to [33, 34, 61]

2According to [62]

3According to [61, 63, 64] and to [65] for bee body size

4According to [63, 64, 66]

5Outcrossing (i.e. obligatory cross-pollination) according to [67]

6According to [68]

7According to [69].