Deceptive Ceropegia dolichophylla fools its kleptoparasitic fly pollinators with exceptional floral scent

Deceptive Ceropegia dolichophylla fools its kleptoparasitic fly pollinators with exceptional floral scent

Ceropegia species (Apocynaceae) have deceptive pitfall flowers and exploit small flies as pollinators, supposedly by chemical mimicry. Only preliminary data on the composition of flower scents are available for a single species so far, and the mimicry system is not yet understood in any species.We c...

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Main Authors: Annemarie eHeiduk, Hanghui eKong, Irina eBrake, Michael evon Tschirnhaus, Till eTolasch, Armin eTröger, Elisabeth eWittenberg, Wittko eFrancke, Ulrich eMeve, Stefan eDötterl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
Fly pollination
food deception
kleptoparasites
Spiroacetals
Kleptomyiophyly
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2015.00066/full

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