Pollinator-mediated selection on Krameria oil flowers: A flower-pollinator fit adaptation to an atypical oil-collecting behaviour?
Liedson Tavares CarneiroAndrea Aristides CocucciAlicia N SérsicIsabel Cristina MachadoIsabel Alves-Dos-SantosPublished in: Annals of botany (2024)
Our results show the adaptive significance of the specialized "flag" petals of Krameria in the absence of the grasping behaviour and highlight the contribution of geographical variation in pollinator behaviour on flowers in driving selection mosaics, with implications for floral evolution, adaptation to pollinator fit and phenotypic diversity in specialized systems.
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