Reconstructing an historical pollination syndrome: keel flowers [PDF]
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Background Keel flowers are bilaterally symmetrical, pentamerous flowers with three different petal types and reproductive organs enclosed by keel petals; generally there is also connation of floral parts such as stamens and keel petals.
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Nectary size is a pollination syndrome trait in Penstemon. [PDF]
New Phytol, 2019 Summary Evolution of complex phenotypes depends on the adaptive importance of individual traits, and the developmental changes required to modify traits.
Katzer AM, Wessinger CA, Hileman LC.
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Nectar metabolomes contribute to pollination syndromes. [PDF]
New Phytol‘Pollination syndromes’, where convergent floral signals reflect selection from a functional pollinator group, are often characterized by physical features, yet floral rewards such as nectar may also reflect selection from pollinators.
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Genetic architecture of pollination syndrome transition between hummingbird-specialist and generalist species in the genus Rhytidophyllum (Gesneriaceae) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Adaptation to pollinators is a key factor of diversification in angiosperms. The Caribbean sister genera Rhytidophyllum and Gesneria present an important diversification of floral characters.
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Adaptation to pollination by fungus gnats underlies the evolution of pollination syndrome in the genus Euonymus. [PDF]
Ann Bot, 2023 Background and Aims Dipteran insects are known pollinators of many angiosperms, but knowledge on how flies affect floral evolution is relatively scarce.
Mochizuki K +6 more
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Pollination syndrome accurately predicts pollination by tangle-veined flies (Nemestrinidae: Prosoeca s.s.) across multiple plant families. [PDF]
Plant Biol (Stuttg), 2022 The idea that a syndrome of floral traits predicts pollination by a particular functional group of pollinators remains simultaneously controversial and widely used because it allows plants to be rapidly assigned to pollinators.
Pauw A.
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Effect of climate, anther morphology and pollination syndrome on pollen availability in Penstemon
Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2023 Traditionally, pollen presentation is thought to be a function of pollinator type and visitation frequency. However, despite the repeated observation that pollen presentation is influenced by flower morphology and abiotic factors, these aspects have been
Rosa A Rodríguez-Peña, Andrea D. Wolfe
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Pollination Syndrome, Florivory, and Breeding System of Satyrium nepalense var. ciliatum (Orchidaceae) in Central Yunnan, China [PDF]
PlantsResearch on Satyrium nepalense var. ciliatum (Lindl.) Hook. f. has primarily focused on populations in Northwestern Yunnan, with limited studies on pollination syndromes and insect behavior.
Lei Tao +6 more
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Genetic and environmental integration of the hawkmoth pollination syndrome in Ruellia humilis (Acanthaceae). [PDF]
Ann Bot, 2017 Heywood JS +6 more
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Journal of Pollination EcologyPremise—Pollinator-mediated selection drives floral morphologies to converge on sets of traits deemed “pollination syndromes”. As a result of similarity due to common descent, pollination syndromes can be shared among closely related plants in cases ...
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