Events of both hybridization and polyploidy are capable of completely restructuring the genome, modifying phenotypic traits and affecting ecological interactions. For plants, these changes may affect floral traits that are ...

Gradual vs punctuated and unidirectional (only lengthening) vs. bidirectional (lengthenings and shortenings) modes of evolution are explanations that compete to explain adaptive changes of flower tube length in angiosperm. ...

The radiation of angiosperms is associated with shifts among pollination modes that are thought to have driven the diversification of floral forms. However, the exact sequence of evolutionary events that led to such great ...

Floral scent is a key communication channel between plants and pollinators. However,the contributions of environment and phylogeny to floral scent composition remain poorly understood. In this study, we characterized ...

Evolutionary change is considered a major factor influencing the invasion of new habitats by plants. Yet, evidence on how such modifications promote range expansion remains rather limited. Here we investigated flower color ...

The multidisciplinary field of pollination biology was enriched enormously by the contributions of Stefan Vogel (1925–2015). Vogel revived and expanded the pollination syndrome concept and recognized the importance of ...

1. Proboscis length has been proposed as a key dimension of plant pollination niches, but this niche space has not previously been explored at regional and global scales for any pollination system. Hawkmoths are ideal ...