[Pollinator] Pollinating Possums

[Peter Bernhardt]

The following link will not surprise Australian colleagues very much (especially Steve Hopper).  Australians have read articles about the pollination of their native plants by marsupials since the 1970's.  As there are more possum species in the trees of South America there is room for parallel evolution.  However, I don't think the opossum in the photo is the same animal that is pollinating the root parasite in the Balanophoraceae.


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200212131516.htm<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200212131516.htm__;!!K543PA!ZI8dEilECQO0m95gXEsMqZzqWd92EBHmGF8ymv3x3UchF8ydt8UftGdqBDhNICTdeDNa$>
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