Degree of style coiling is associated with corolla-tube length in the nectarless flowers of Roscoea schneideriana

The plant-pollinator ‘arms race’ model posits that a major driver of the evolution of elongated corollas in flowers is reciprocal selection for ‘morphological fit’ between pollinator-tongue length and access distance to nectar (usually corolla-tube length). Evidence for the pollinator-mediated selec...

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Main Authors: Bo Wang, Ze-Yu Tong, Ying-Ze Xiong, Xiao-Fan Wang, W. Scott Armbruster, Shuang-Quan Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2023-11-01
Series:Plant Diversity
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468265922001299