Pollination Biology of Major Species of Piperaceae Family

Author: Pooja S. and Vijaykumar B. Narayanapur*

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Abstract

The Flowering plants and their animal pollinators are important components of both natural and agrosystems, and they provide many fascinating instances of ecology and evolution in action. Piper's reproductive traits, such as short spike inflorescences with hundreds of reduced flowers, make it easy to identify. Piper has been reported in 100 species, with the majority of them found in the Western Ghats and Eastern Himalaya, with about 65 species found in the northeastern states. The majority of the species studied were dichogamous, with pollen release and stigma receptivity separated by time within the flower. The androecium develops bilaterally in Piper flowers, with stamens beginning in pairs or individuals, according to research. The flower is perianthless and protected by a bract, with a creamy colour. In Piperaceae inflorescences, Coleoptera and Hemiptera species were also detected, but they rarely migrated between flowers and acted as herbivores, devouring and sucking flowers and

Keywords

Piper, Pollination, Angiosperms, Piperaceae, Dioecious.

Conclusion

The pollination process exemplifies the value of biodiversity, demonstrating how each organism, insect, and animal contributes to the ecosystem. Pollination is responsible for a wide range of food, primarily horticulture crops, that we consume. Animal pollination benefits three-quarters of all crops in some way. It's uncertain how decreased biodiversity will disrupt ecosystem dynamics if animal extinctions continue at a pace of one per 16 years. Pollinators, which are critical participants in the reproductive biology of plants, the world's primary producers, are of particular importance. The flawless coupling of pollinator proboscis anatomy with plant flower shape, as well as the strategies plants utilise to lure reproductive aids to their food rewards, are the result of millions of years of evolutionary coadaptations. These mutually beneficial relationships are sometimes so specialized that the loss of one species threatens the existence of the other, raising troubling questions abo

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Pooja S. and Vijaykumar B. Narayanapur (2022). Pollination Biology of Major Species of Piperaceae Family. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 14(1): 1003-1011.