Flowers offering oil rewards to pollinators have evolved several times within Iridaceae, and oil-producing structures are particularly widespread in Sisyrinchium. Chauveau et al. conduct phylogenetic analyses to produce the first extensive phylogeny of the Sisyrinchium and deduce that glandular trichomes have evolved independently three times in the genus, being oil-secreting in two cases. These oil-producing trichomes may have played a key role in the diversification of the genus.
How does the pollen of one plant species impact the reproductive success of another?
Edible trichomes have been recorded in several plant families. However, food hairs have not been recorded among the Catasetinae, a subtribe of Orchidaceae. In a recent article published in AoB PLANTS, Pansarin and...
A survey of flowers of 16 species of Lockhartia determines that all have elaiophores (oil glands) of the trichomal type.
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