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Chemical Basis of Floral Color Signals in Gesneriaceae: The Effect of Alternative Anthocyanin Pathways [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020
Changes in floral pigmentation can have dramatic effects on angiosperm evolution by making flowers either attractive or inconspicuous to different pollinator groups.
Ezgi Ogutcen, Karine Durand, Marina Wolowski, Laura Clavijo, Catherine Graham, Gaétan Glauser, Mathieu Perret   +6 more
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Floral Color Variation in Drosera cistiflora Is Associated With Switches in Beetle Pollinator Assemblages [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020
Floral color shifts are thought to be one of the most common evolutionary transitions in plants, and pollinators are often proposed as important selective agents driving these transitions.
Steven D. Johnson, Caitlin G. von Witt, Bruce Anderson   +2 more
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Phenotypic Selection on Flower Color and Floral Display Size by Three Bee Species

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Plants exhibit a wide array of floral forms and pollinators can act as agent of selection on floral traits. Two trends have emerged from recent reviews of pollinator-mediated selection in plants.
Johanne Brunet, Andrew J. Flick, Austin A. Bauer   +2 more
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Floral Color Properties of Serpentine Seep Assemblages Depend on Community Size and Species Richness [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Functional traits, particularly those that impact fitness, can shape the ecological and evolutionary relationships among coexisting species of the same trophic level.
Kathryn A. LeCroy, Kathryn A. LeCroy, Gerardo Arceo-Gómez, Gerardo Arceo-Gómez, Matthew H. Koski, Matthew H. Koski, Nathan I. Morehouse, Nathan I. Morehouse, Tia-Lynn Ashman   +8 more
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Functional Differentiation of Floral Color and Scent in Gall Midge Pollination: A Study of a Schisandraceae Plant [PDF]

Plants, 2022
Gall midges are among the most host-specific insects. Their interactions with plants likely date back to the Cretaceous period. Plants from at least seven families are involved in gall midge pollination; however, little is known about the pollination ...
Shi-Rui Gan, Wei Du, Xiao-Fan Wang
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Trees as huge flowers and flowers as oversized floral guides: the role of floral color change and retention of old flowers in Tibouchina pulchra

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2015
Floral color changes and retention of old flowers are frequently combined phenomena restricted to the floral guide or single flowers in few-flowered inflorescences.
Vinícius Lourenço Garcia Brito, Kevin eWeynans, Kevin eWeynans, Marlies eSazima, Klaus eLunau   +4 more
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Function of Anthocyanin and Chlorophyll Metabolic Pathways in the Floral Sepals Color Formation in Different Hydrangea Cultivars

Plants
Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) is distinguished by having sepals instead of real petals, a trait that facilitates color diversity. Floral color is largely predetermined by structural genes linked to anthocyanin production, but the genetic factors ...
Yanguo Ke, Umair Ashraf, Dongdong Wang, Waseem Hassan, Ying Zou, Ying Qi, Yiwei Zhou, Farhat Abbas   +7 more
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Divergent Responses of Floral Traits of Lonicera nervosa to Altitudinal Gradients at the Eastern Margin of Hengduan Mountains

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Understanding phenotypic responses is crucial for predicting and managing the effects of environmental change on native species. Color and display size are typically used to evaluate the utilization value of ornamental plants, which are also important ...
Wenkai Chen, Wenkai Chen, Lihua Wang, Lihua Wang, Jinniu Wang, Jinniu Wang, Srijana Joshi, Shuang Xiang, Akash Tariq, Akash Tariq, Xiaodan Liu, Yuchen Liao, Yan Wu   +12 more
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Differential Evolutionary History in Visual and Olfactory Floral Cues of the Bee-Pollinated Genus Campanula (Campanulaceae)

Plants, 2021
Visual and olfactory floral signals play key roles in plant-pollinator interactions. In recent decades, studies investigating the evolution of either of these signals have increased considerably.
Paulo Milet-Pinheiro, Pablo Sandro Carvalho Santos, Samuel Prieto-Benítez, Manfred Ayasse, Stefan Dötterl   +4 more
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Mapping Floral Genetic Architecture in Prunus mume, an Ornamental Woody Plant

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Floral traits are both evolutionarily and economically relevant for ornamental plants. However, their underlying genetic architecture, especially in woody ornamental plants, is still poorly understood.
Mingyu Li, Mengmeng Sang, Mengmeng Sang, Zhenying Wen, Juan Meng, Tangren Cheng, Qixiang Zhang, Lidan Sun   +7 more
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