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Read more about the article Invasive Banksia attracts pollinators away from native Bot River protea
A Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) on a flower of the invasive showy Banksia (Banksia speciose). (Photo credit: Sjirk Geerts)
2021 / News

Invasive Banksia attracts pollinators away from native Bot River protea

A recent paper, co-authored by C∙I∙B Associate Prof Sjirk Geerts, revealed how an invasive flowering plant competes with native plants for pollinators and how this influence seed production in native species.

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18 October 2021
Read more about the article Neither tristylous flowers nor pollinators limit reproduction in a new invader: purple loosestrife
Pollinators including an African Monarch butterfly, a Cabbage White butterfly and a Cape honeybee visiting purple loosestrife flowers. Photo credit: Prof Sjirk Geerts
2021 / News

Neither tristylous flowers nor pollinators limit reproduction in a new invader: purple loosestrife

A recent study, published in Biological Invasions, had a closer look at the role of flower structure and pollinators in the reproduction of a new invader in South Africa, called purple loosestrife.

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5 July 2021