Nectar spurs are tubular outgrowths of a floral organ that contain or give the appearance of containing nectar. They are hypothesized to be a ‘key innovation’ leading to rapid speciation within a lineage because they...
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Alex Assiry
Plant Science at the leading edge
In aeroplane design, the leading edge is either “the part of the wing that first contacts the air … or … the foremost edge of an airfoil section“. Plants – as one might expect – have a different take on that (and got...
Nigel Chaffey
Petal spur development in Centranthus
When concealed by petal spurs, nectar typically is restricted to flower-visiting animals possessing a sufficient tongue length to acquire it, and thus such spurs have evolutionary significance, often leading to...
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