Flower traits and breeding system of Rhododendron platypodum diels, an endangered plant species in China. [PDF]
PLoS ONERhododendron platypodum Diels is an endangered ornamental plant distributed in the high-elevation subtropical regions of China. Known as one of the "queen flower", its population is restricted to three sites in China, with only few individuals.
Chaoying Wang, Yingzan Xie, Lihui Ma
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The ethics of theft: Reevaluating the impacts of floral larceny on plant reproductive success [PDF]
Plant DiversityPlants and their interaction partners offer unparalleled views of evolutionary ecology. Nectar larceny, entailing nectar extraction without pollinating, is thought to be an example of a harmful, antagonistic behavior, but the precise consequences of ...
Jin-Ru Zhong +8 more
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The sexual reproductive strategy in clonal Scopolia carniolica is based on obligatory cross-pollination and self-incompatibility [PDF]
Scientific ReportsUnderstanding the reproductive biology and breeding system of rare species is crucial for effective conservation. We examined floral biology, assessed the true pollinators, and investigated the reproductive effect of six pollination treatments ...
Karolina Tymoszuk-Rydzewska +3 more
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Mapping quantitative trait loci associated with self-(in)compatibility in goji berries (Lycium barbarum) [PDF]
BMC Plant BiologyBackground Goji (Lycium barbarum L.) is a perennial deciduous shrub widely distributed in arid and semiarid regions of Northwest China. It is highly valued for its medicinal and functional properties.
Cuiping Wang +7 more
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Is Self-Incompatibility Related to Nectar Presence in Dendrobium? [PDF]
PlantsStudies on the gain or loss of nectar during the course of evolution in Dendrobium Sw. (Orchidaceae) are able to provide important information concerning the reproductive biology of this enormous orchid genus and highlight reproductive barriers—in ...
Karolina Zielińska +4 more
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Floral Color Change Mediated by Pollen Input-Output and Its Manipulation of Pollinator Foraging Behavior in Heterostylous Plant <i>Arnebia guttata</i> (Boraginaceae). [PDF]
Ecol EvolThe inducement, functions of flower color change (FCC) and its ecological effects have been studied by controlling pollination, accurate statistics of pollen transfer and visiting behavior in a typical distylous species. The results showed that limiting pollen input–output can delay fading time of spots, adding fake spots to old flowers can improve ...
Ren D, Zheng R, Zhai Y, Zhang A.
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Plasticity in selective embryo abortion may limit the mating costs of geitonogamy in self‐compatible plants: a hypothesis [PDF]
American Journal of Botany, 2020 Qiaoqiao Huang, Spencer Barrett
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Floral specialization for beetle pollination and its implications for pollen dispersal in an African orchid. [PDF]
Am J BotAbstract Premise Pollination by beetles is relatively rare in orchids, and this has been attributed to the clumsy behavior of beetles being unsuitable for the precise pollen transfer mechanisms that characterize the orchid family. We investigated floral specialization for beetle pollination in the rare fire‐dependent South African orchid Disa elegans ...
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Ornamental Horticulture, 2021 Cycnoches haagii Barb. Rodr. is an epiphytic orchid very targeted by collectors, but no reference was found in the literature about its reproductive biology.
Vespasiano Borges de Paiva Neto +5 more
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Dimorphic enantiostyly and its function for pollination by carpenter bees in a pollen-rewarding Caribbean bloodwort. [PDF]
Am J BotAbstract Premise Flowers that present their anthers and stigma in close proximity can achieve precise animal‐mediated pollen transfer, but risk self‐pollination. One evolutionary solution is reciprocal herkogamy. Reciprocity of anther and style positions among different plants (i.e., a genetic dimorphism) is common in distylous plants, but very rare in
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