Floral nectar production: what cost to a plant?

GH Pyke, ZX Ren - Biological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Floral nectar production is central to plant pollination, and hence to human wellbeing. As
floral nectar is essentially a solution in water of various sugars, it is likely a valuable plant …

Soil moisture affects plant–pollinator interactions in an annual flowering plant

W Dai, Y Yang, HM Patch… - … Transactions of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Many environmental factors impact plant and pollinator communities. However, variation in
soil moisture and how it mediates the plant–pollinator interactions has yet to be elucidated …

Spiranthes hachijoensis (Orchidaceae), a new species within the S. sinensis species complex in Japan, based on morphological, phylogenetic, and ecological …

K Suetsugu, SK Hirota, H Hayakawa, S Fujimori… - Journal of Plant …, 2023 - Springer
The systematics of the Old World Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames species complex
(Orchidaceae) has been complicated by its wide distribution and morphological variations …

Flowering phenology of a widespread perennial herb shows contrasting responses to global warming between humid and non‐humid regions

Z Song, YH Fu, Y Du, L Li, X Ouyang, W Ye… - Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Plant phenology was assessed as one of the most key Essential Biodiversity Variables on
species functional traits, which underpins a variety of aspects of ecosystem function and is a …

False-colour photography: a novel digital approach to visualize the bee view of flowers

C Verhoeven, ZX Ren, K Lunau - Journal of Pollination …, 2018 - pollinationecology.org
The colour vision system of bees and humans differs mainly in that, contrary to humans,
bees are sensitive to ultraviolet light and insensitive to red light. The synopsis of a colour …

An analytical pipeline to support robust research on the ecology, evolution, and function of floral volatiles

KE Eisen, JM Powers, RA Raguso… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Research on floral volatiles has grown substantially in the last 20 years, which has
generated insights into their diversity and prevalence. These studies have paved the way for …

Observations on the pollination and breeding systems of two Corybas species (Diurideae; Orchidaceae) by fungus gnats (Mycetophilidae) in southwestern Yunnan …

ZD Han, Y Wu, P Bernhardt, H Wang, ZX Ren - BMC Plant Biology, 2022 - Springer
Modes of floral presentation in some angiosperms attract flies that eat and/or oviposit on
seasonal fruiting bodies of fungi. Mushroom mimesis by orchid flowers has been speculated …

Reproductive Isolation Among Three Nocturnal Moth-Pollinated Sympatric Habenaria Species (Orchidaceae)

HP Zhang, ZB Tao, J Trunschke, M Shrestha… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Comparison and quantification of multiple pre-and post-pollination barriers to interspecific
hybridization are important to understand the factors promoting reproductive isolation. Such …

Reproductive isolation among three sympatric Achimenes species: pre‐ and post‐pollination components

E Ramírez‐Aguirre, S Martén‐Rodríguez… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Premise Closely related species occurring in sympatry may experience the negative
consequences of interspecific pollen transfer if reproductive isolation (RI) barriers are not in …

Microhabitat and Pollinator Differentiation Drive Reproductive Isolation between Two Sympatric Salvia Species (Lamiaceae)

TC Ling, P Phokasem, C Sinpoo, YP Yang… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Evaluation of multiple barriers contributing to reproductive isolation between sympatric plant
species is key to understanding the mechanism of their coexistence; however, such …