Fig. 2: Flower of Pleroma (Melastomataceae) with the scoop-bearing poricidal stamens in the center, visible as elongated white-purple structures. Scoop-bearing stamens are common in Melastomataceae, the largest group of plants specialized on buzz-pollinat (IMAGE)

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