Asymmetry allows divergent use of pollinators, but often represents a one-way evolutionary street
Changes in floral symmetry allow a single pollinator to be used differently by multiple species.
Tag: floral morphology
Even for specialists, floral morphology is influenced by both pollinators and climate
Climate can indirectly affect floral morphology within a species by affecting what pollinators will visit those flowers across its range.
Herkogamy and dichogamy in style dimorphic flowers of Narcissus broussonetii (Amaryllidaceae)
Why do some columbines make life harder for their pollinators?
The flowers of Aquilegia eximia, the serpentine columbine, face downward, but the hummingbirds that pollinate it prefer horizontal flowers, so why do the flowers face the wrong way?
The impact of floral morphology on genetic differentiation in two closely related biennial plant species
Epizoochory and diversification of the Achyranthoids (Amaranthaceae)
Floral morphogenesis in Camptotheca
Breeding system and pollination of two related bamboo species
Geraniales flowers revisited: evolutionary trends in floral nectaries
Field evidence of differential pollen placement by bat-pollinated plants
Differential pollen placement increases pollination efficiency
Plant species that share pollinators are potentially subject to non-adaptive interspecific pollen transfer, resulting in reduced reproductive success. Mechanisms that increase pollination efficiency between conspecific individuals are therefore highly beneficial.
Genetic diversity and floral width variation in introduced and native populations of a long-lived woody perennial
Floral adaptation to pollinator guilds in Switzerland
How do you make a flower? Who cares? Hummingbirds.
El Ottra et al. conclude that the degree and diversity of fusions of floral organs in Galipeinae is unique within the order Sapindales.