Abstract

Pollination is one major biodiversity service that cannot be adequately quantified economically yet  the variety of approaches nature has engaged to accomplish it is hardly appreciated. In this review, the types and agents of pollination, faunal and floral architectural and behavioural adaptations and special rare cases of pollination syndromes are highlighted. Anthropogenic roles that have resulted of threats to pollination and pollinators were identified as habitat fragmentation and loss, deforestation, desertification, industrial and infrastructural development. These eventually impinge on the unique ecological and economic services that pollination renders to sustain life on planet earth.

Key words: Pollination, biodiversity, floral architecture, faunal behaviour.