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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
2023-11-01
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Series: | Plant Diversity |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468265922001299 |