LIST OF BAT-POLLINATED
AND POTENTIALLY BAT-POLLINATED
PLANTS ON CENTRAL FRENCH GUIANA
Vanessa Hequet
The New York Botanical Garden

ANACARDIACEAE

BIGNONIACEAE


BOMBACACEAE






CAESALPINIACEAE











CAPPARIDACEAE

CARYOCARACEAE


CLUSIACEAE

CONVOLVULACEAE


CUCURBITACEAE



EUPHORBIACEAE



FABACEAE

GENTIANACEAE


LECYTHIDACEAE


MARCGRAVIACEAE



MENDONCIACEAE


MIMOSACEAE










MUSACEAE

PASSIFLORACEAE

PROTEACEAE

RUBIACEAE

SAPOTACEAE



SOLANACEAE


TILIACEAE

Anacardium occidentale

Crescentia cujete
Cydista aequinoctialis

Ceiba pentandra
Matisia ochrocalyx
Pachira aquatica
Pachira dolichocalyx
Pachira insignis
Pachira macrocalyx

Bauhinia guianensis
Bauhinia outimouta
Bauhinia siquieiraei
Bauhinia surinamensis
Dicorynia guianensis
Elizabetha princeps
Elizabetha leiogyne
Eperua falcata
Eperua rubiginosa
Eperua schomburgkiana
Hymenea courbaril

Capparis leprieurii

Caryocar glabrum
Caryocar villosum

Symphonia globulifera

Maripa glabra
Maripa scandens

Cayaponia jenmanii
Cayaponia ophtalmica
Cayaponia rigida

Mabea piriri
Mabea salicoides
Mabea speciosa


Mucuna urens

Chelonanthus alatus
Chelonanthus longistylus

Lecythis poiteaui ( stamens from base)
Lecythis poiteaui (stamens from hood)

Marcgravia coriacea
Marcgravia pedunculosa
Souroubea pendula

Mendoncia bivalvis
Mendoncia glabra

Inga acreana
Inga albicoria
Inga brachystachys
Inga cayennensis
Inga edulis
Parkia decussata
Parkia nitida
Parkia pendula
Parkia reticulata
Parkia velutina

Musa paradisiaca

Passiflora candida

Roupala montana

Hillia illustris

Chrysophyllum sanguinolentum
Manilkara bidentata
Manilkara zapota

Markea longiflora
Markea sessiliflora

Luehea speciosa


Anacardium occidentale

Life form: Small tree
Phenology (flower): Apr, May, Aug-Nov


Reference: Gardner, A. L. 1977. Feeding habits. Pages 1-364 in R. J. Baker, J. J. K. Jones, and D. C. Carter, editors. Biology of bats of the New World family Phyllostomatidae. Part II, Spec. Publ. Mus., Texas Tech Univ. vol. 13.
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Crescentia cujete

Life form: Small tree
Phenology (flower): Jun


Reference: Cuatrecasas, J. J. Washington Acad. Sc. 1959, 49, 269-272

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Cydista aequinoctialis


Life form: Liana
Phenology (flower): Apr, Aug, Nov, Sep, Oct
 

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Ceiba pentandra

Life form: Canopy to emergent tree
Phenology (flower): Aug


Reference: Petit, S. Biotropica 1997, 29, 214-223.

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Matisia ochrocalyx

Life form: Understory tree, 10-14 m
Phenology (flower): Jan, Apr, May,
Nov



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Pachira aquatica
Life form: Middle size tree
Phenology (flower): Aug-Oct


Reference: Fleming, T. H.;Nuñez, R. A.and da Silveira, S. L. Oecologia 1993, 94, 72-75

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Pachira insignis

Life form: Canopy tree
Phenology (flower): Nov




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Bauhinia guianensis



Life form: Liana
Phenology (flower): Feb, Sep






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Bauhinia outimouta



Life form: Liana
Phenology (flower): Jan, Nov, Dec




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Dicorynia guianensis

Lifeform: Tree
Phenology (flower): Jan, Dec





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Eperua falcata

Life form: Tree 20-32 m tall.
Phenology (flower): Sep, Oct, Nov


Reference: Charles-Dominique, P.and Cockle, A. 2001. Frugivory and seed dispersal by bats. Pages 206-215 in F. Bongers, P. Charles-Dominique, P. M. Forget, and M. Thery, editors. Nouragues. Dynamics and plant-animal interactions in a Neotropical rainforest. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London.

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Eperua rubiginosa
Life form: Tree





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Hymenea courbaril


Life form: Tree to 40 m tall
Phenology (flower): Apr, May, Aug, Jun, Jul, Nov


Reference: Butanda-Cervera, A.;Vazques-Yanes, C.and Trejo, L. Biotica 1978, 3, 29-35


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Caryocar glabrum

Life form: Tree to 46m tall
Phenology (flower): Aug, Nov, Dec





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Caryocar villosum

Life form: Large tree to 50m tall
Phenology (flower): Sep, Nov

Reference: Reis, N. R.and Perrachi, A. L. Bol Mus. Par. Emilio Goeldi, sér. Zool. 1987, 3, 161-182

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Maripa glabra


Life form: Liana
Phenology (flower): Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov



© Photo Carol Gracie

 
Cayaponia jenmanii


Life form: Vine
Phenology (flower): Feb







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Mabea piriri


Life form: Understory tree to 20 m tall
Phenology (flower): Sep, Oct, Nov




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Mabea speciosa

Life form: Small tree to 10 m tall
Phenology (flower): Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec



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Chelonanthus alatus
Life form: Herb
Phenology (flower): Feb, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep


Reference: Machado, I. C. S.;Sazima, I.and Sazima, M. Plant Syst. Evol. 1998, 209, 231-237

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Marcgravia coriaceae


Life form: Liana
Phenology (flower):






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Souroubea pendula


Life form: Liana
Phenology (flower): Jan





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Mendoncia glabra


Life form: Liana
Phenology (flower): Feb








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Parkia pendula

Life form: Tree to 40 m tall
Phenology (flower): Jul, Aug

Reference: Butanda-Cervera, A.;Vazques-Yanes, C.and Trejo, L. Biotica 1978, 3, 29-35

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Parkia reticulata


Life form: Tree, 25-30 m
Phenology (flower): Feb






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Hillia illustris


Life form: Epiphytic shrub
Phenology (flower): Nov
 

Reference: Sazima, M.;Buzato, S.and Sazima, I. An. Bot. (London) 1999, 83, 705-712


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Manilkara zapota

Life form: Tree to 10 m tall
Phenology (flower): Jun

Reference: Butanda-Cervera, A.;Vazques-Yanes, C.and Trejo, L. Biotica 1978, 3, 29-35

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Markea sessiliflora


Life form: Epiphytic shrub
Phenology (flower): Jan, Nov, Dec





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Luehea speciosa


Life form: Tree to 25 m tall
Phenology (flower): Feb, Aug

Reference: Sazima, M.;Fabian, M. E.and Sazima, I. Revista Brasil. Biol. 1982, 42, 505-513
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