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Hydrophily

Type of cross pollination

Main article: Pollination syndrome

Hydrophily is a fairly uncommon form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by the flow of waters, particularly in rivers and streams. Hydrophilous species fall into two categories: (i) Those that distribute their pollen to the surface of water. e.g. ''Vallisneria'''s male flower or pollen grain are released on the surface of water, which are passively carried away by water currents; some of them eventually reach the female flower (ii) Those that distribute it beneath the surface. e.g. seagrasses in which female flower remain submerged in water and pollen grains are released inside the water.

Surface pollination

Surface pollination is more frequent, and appears to be a transitional phase between wind pollination and true hydrophily. In these the pollen floats on the surface and reaches the stigmas of the female flowers as in Hydrilla, Callitriche, Ruppia, Zostera, Elodea. In Vallisneria the male flowers become detached and float on the surface of the water; the anthers are thus brought in contact with the stigmas of the female flowers.

Submerged pollination

Species exhibiting true submerged hydrophily include Najas, where the pollen grains are heavier than water, and sinking down are caught by the stigmas of the extremely simple female flowers, Posidonia australis or Zostera marina and Hydrilla.

Evolution

Hydrophily is unique to obligate submersed aquatic angiosperms with sexually reproductive parts completely submerged below the water surface. Hydrophily is the adaptive evolution of completely submersed angiosperms to aquatic habitats. True hydrophily occurs in 18 submersed angiosperm genera, which is associated with an unusually high incidence of unisexual flowers.

References

Sources

it:Impollinazione#Impollinazione idrogama

References

{{harvnb. Chisholm. 1911
(2010). "Exposure to water increased pollen longevity of pondweed (Potamogeton spp.) indicates different mechanisms ensuring pollination success of angiosperms in aquatic habitat". Evolutionary Ecology.
(19 December 2014). "Correlations of Life Form, Pollination Mode and Sexual System in Aquatic Angiosperms". Public Library of Science.

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