Polychorous Puncture Vine Tribulus terrestris L. (Zygophyllaceae), a potential forage source for a guild of insect pollinators during the wet season

Tribulus terrestris is a herbaceous weed capable of growing throughout the year in many habitats. It hermaphroditic, protogynous, and self-pollinating, although it also insect-pollinated. The insects involved pollination use their flowers as potential forage source by displaying fidelity during wet season when profuse flowering occurs. functional traits relating to sexual reproduction such autonomous selfing, insect-pollination, polychory, C4 photosynthetic pathway are quite advantageous for plant grow successful different habitats, prominently open