Opossums and birds facilitate the unexpected bat visitation to the ground‐flowering Scybaliumfungiforme.

Bird pollination, Balanophoraceae, facilitation, opossum pollination, chiropterophily Keywords: Balanophoraceae; bird pollination; chiropterophily; facilitation; opossum pollination EN Balanophoraceae bird pollination chiropterophily facilitation opossum pollination 1 6 6 03/06/23 20230301 NES 230301 The pollination syndrome hypothesis has been stimulating a long-standing debate on the plausibility of predicting the most effective and frequent pollinators of a given species from its floral traits (see Ollerton, [14]). Opossums and birds facilitate the unexpected bat visitation to the ground-flowering Scybaliumfungiforme Therefore, opossums and ruby-crowned tanagers facilitated a way in which other floral visitors could feast on I S. fungiforme i nectar and pollen, including the unexpected visits of bats to this ground-flowering plant. [Extracted from the article]