Claim · #6492456
Bombus terrestris · pollination · Cytisus scoparius
pollination · effect: beneficial
pollinates GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“only accessed by heavy insects such as bumblebees that depress the keel”
- Authors
- Goulson D.
- Year
- 2010
- Publication
- Oxford University Press
- Page
- 82
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cytisus scoparius has explosive keel-tripping flowers requiring heavy visitors; Bombus terrestris as keel-depressor pollinator is well-documented and mechanistically consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Cytisus scoparius has explosive keel-trip pollination requiring heavy visitors; Bombus terrestris as a primary pollinator via keel depression is well-documented.”
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