Contrasting pollination ecology of Disepalum species (Annonaceae): evolutionary loss of the floral chamber and partial breakdown of protogyny associated with a shift in pollination system

Abstract Disepalum comprises two monophyletic sister subgenera, Enicosanthellum and Disepalum, with strikingly different floral morphologies: the former has two whorls of unfused sepals, forming a partially enclosed floral chamber, whereas the latter possesses a single whorl of congenitally fused pe...

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Published in:	Botanical journal of the Linnean Society Vol. 182; no. 3; pp. 708 - 718
Main Authors:	Li, Pui-Sze, Pang, Chun-Chiu, Saunders, Richard M. K.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Oxford University Press 01-11-2016
Subjects:	Annonaceae fruit fly meliponine bee nitidulid beetle Plant reproduction pollination ecology prolonged anthesis meliponine bee nitidulid beetle pollination ecology prolonged anthesis fruit fly
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