Low bee visitation rates explain pollinator shifts to vertebrates in tropical mountains

AS Dellinger, R Pérez‐Barrales… - New …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Evolutionary shifts from bee to vertebrate pollination are common in tropical mountains.
Reduction in bee pollination efficiency under adverse montane weather conditions was …

Pollination in Melastomataceae: a family-wide update on the little we know and the much that remains to be discovered

AS Dellinger, C Kopper, K Kagerl… - … , evolution, and ecology …, 2022‏ - Springer
Conducting a literature review of the past 31 years, we here present an update of pollinator
observations in Melastomataceae following Renner's seminal work of 1989. The number of …

Anther cones increase pollen release in buzz-pollinated Solanum flowers

M Vallejo-Marín, CE Pereira Nunes, AL Russell - Evolution, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
The widespread evolution of tube-like anthers releasing pollen from apical pores is
associated with buzz pollination, in which bees vibrate flowers to remove pollen. The …

Stamen and pollen heteromorphism linked to the division of labour in Melastomataceae species

R Trevizan, APS Caetano, VLG Brito, PE Oliveira… - Flora, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The occurrence of stamen heteromorphism within pollen flowers (or heteranthery) has been
mostly explained by a division of labour hypothesis, which suggests that some anthers …

Stamen dimorphism in bird-pollinated flowers: investigating alternative hypotheses on the evolution of heteranthery

AS Dellinger, S Artuso, DM Fernández-Fernández… - …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Heteranthery, the presence of distinct stamen types within a flower, is commonly explained
as functional adaptation to alleviate the “pollen dilemma,” defined as the dual and conflicting …

Morphological variability within the Melastomataceae (Myrtales), including a discussion of the associated terminology

WS Judd, LC Majure, FA Michelangeli… - … , evolution, and ecology …, 2022‏ - Springer
Here, we provide an assessment of the variation in both vegetative and reproductive
characters within the Melastomataceae, including the subfamilies Olisbeoideae …

Distinct pollen release dynamics between stamens generate division of labour in pollen flowers of two Pleroma species (Melastomataceae)

VLG de Brito, FB Leite, LR Jorge, M Sazima - Flora, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Flowers that provide only pollen to pollinators should maximize pollen release for
reproduction while minimizing pollen loss through consumption by bees. In flowers that are …

Stamen diversity in melastomataceae: morphology, color, and function

LRF Melo, TNC Vasconcelos, APS Caetano… - … , evolution, and ecology …, 2022‏ - Springer
Melastomataceae stand out for their great variability of stamen traits. Most species in the
family rely on pollen as the sole reward for pollinators and adaptations associated with this …

Flower morphology and plant–bee pollinator interactions are related to stamen dimorphism in Melastomataceae

LB Valadão‐Mendes, I Rocha, DAL Meireles… - Plant …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Approximately 20,000 species of flowering plant offer mainly pollen to their pollinators,
generally bees. Stamen dimorphism, a floral trait commonly present in some pollen flowers …

Systematics and Taxonomy of the tribe Melastomateae

MC Veranso-Libalah, RD Stone, G Kadereit… - … , Evolution, and Ecology …, 2022‏ - Springer
Melastomateae are a diverse pantropical tribe of~ 823 species in 44 genera. Members of
this tribe range from herbs to medium-sized trees and occupy open and closed habitats in …