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University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

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2008

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Arkansas Endemic Biota: An Update With Additions And Deletions, H. Robison, C. Mcallister, C. Carlton, G. Tucker Jan 2008

Arkansas Endemic Biota: An Update With Additions And Deletions, H. Robison, C. Mcallister, C. Carlton, G. Tucker

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

It has been over a decade since the publication of Robison and Allen (1995) that provided the definitive list of endemic flora and fauna of Arkansas. The present study brings up-to-date the endemic biota of the state. Since 1995, several new species have been described and new discoveries have been made, adding species to the state biota. Other species are deleted and new distributional information on other state endemics is presented. Specifically, 3 new plant species are added to the state list while 4 plant species are deleted. Sixteen new animal species/subspecies are added to the state list while numerous …


Geographic Variation In The Pollination Biology Of Passiflora Lutea (Passifloraceae), J. Burks Holland, J. Lanza Jan 2008

Geographic Variation In The Pollination Biology Of Passiflora Lutea (Passifloraceae), J. Burks Holland, J. Lanza

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Like most species of Passiflora, P. lutea is reported to produce one-day flowers with complicated floral movements and requires deposition of non-self pollen for fruit production. Medium sized bees are the most likely pollinators in central Texas. We report on a series of observations and experimental manipulations that compare the reproductive biology of P. lutea in central Arkansas to that reported previously from plants about 800 km distant in central Texas. We observed floral movements and floral visitors, compared fruit production of flowers available to pollinators versus flowers from which pollinators were excluded, and compared fruit production of flowers that …