The study demonstrates extensive variation in floral scent among populations of a geographically widespread species, Arabis alpina.
Tag - floral scent
Fi Gennu
Male and female scents of the neotropical orchid Catasetum arietinum
Do male and female flowers of Catasetum orchids differ in floral scent chemistry and emission?
William Salter
Beauty is in the nose of the beholder
It's no surprise that a flower releases scent to attract a pollinator, but why would it do it hours before the pollinator is around? New research finds scent can have more than one job.
Alun Salt
Does a supergeneralist plant locally specialize on the most effective pollinators?
Umbellifers, a plant family that includes carrots, have striking inflorescences on stalks. Botanists have thought umbellifers have been generalists. They attract many different types of insect to their flowers. But is...
Alex Assiry
Where does scent go when attraction doesn’t matter?
Scent matters. If you’re a flowering plant, scent is an important tool for attracting pollinators. It’s no surprise that botanists see it as a vital feature when studying pollination. But what happens when...
Osmophores and floral fragrance in Anacardium humile and Mangifera indica: an overlooked secretory structure in Sapindales
Pleasant or not, the fragrance of a flower typically serves as a sensory cue for pollinators, often indicative of some kind of reward, notably nectar. Floral scents are produced by specialised structures commonly...
Phenotypic plasticity of floral volatiles in response to increasing drought stress
Flowers emit a wide range of volatile compounds which can be critically important to interactions with pollinators or herbivores. Yet most studies of how the environment influences plant volatiles focus on leaf...
An orchid matches its scent emission rhythm to the local pollinators
Some flowers only smell at day and some only at night, but how did they evolve these different rhythms? In our study, we investigate if populations of the same orchid species that are more pollinated either at day or at...
Elodie Chapurlat
Floral scent variation in woodland stars
Reproductive traits important to coevolving interactions, such as the floral scent of L. bolanderi, may be more canalized than other traits important for plant fitness.
botanyone
Floral scent chemistry in the orchid genus Gongora
Floral scent is a key component of pollinator attraction and its chemistry modulates pollinator behavior and the formation of plant-pollinator networks. Neotropical Gongora orchids exhibit specialized pollinator...
Floral adaptation to pollinator guilds in Switzerland
Pollinator-driven speciation week continues, with Floral adaptation to local pollinator guilds in a terrestrial orchid, a paper by Sun, Gross and Schiestl. The star is the orchid Gymnadenia odoratissima, and orchid...
Why do petals have conical epidermal cells? (Review)
The conical epidermal cells found on the petals of most Angiosperm species are so widespread that they have been used as markers of petal identity, but their function has only been analysed in recent years. Whitney et...
