The effect of global change on the expression and evolution of floral traits

S Day Briggs, JT Anderson - Annals of Botany, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Pollinators impose strong selection on floral traits. Indeed, pollinator syndromes
are the result of these strong selective forces, but other abiotic and biotic agents also drive …

Ongoing convergent evolution of a selfing syndrome threatens plant–pollinator interactions

S Acoca‐Pidolle, P Gauthier, L Devresse… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Plant–pollinator interactions evolved early in the angiosperm radiation. Ongoing
environmental changes are however leading to pollinator declines that may cause pollen …

Low genetic differentiation despite high habitat fragmentation in an endemic and endangered species of Iridaceae from South America: implications for conservation

C Forgiarini, H Meimberg, M Curto… - Botanical Journal of …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
To conserve threatened species effectively, it is crucial to map the genetic variation of the
remaining populations. Thus, using 15 microsatellites markers, from which 10 were specially …

Not just flowering time: a resurrection approach shows floral attraction traits are changing over time

SGD Bishop, SM Chang, RS Baucom - Evolution Letters, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Contemporary anthropogenic changes in climate and landscape form a complex set of
selective pressures acting on natural systems, yet, in many systems, we lack information …

Experimental evolution suggests rapid assembly of the 'selfing syndrome' from standing variation in Mimulus guttatus

SK Tusuubira, JK Kelly - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Ecological and evolutionary changes are likely to occur rapidly when outcrossing
populations experience pollinator loss. However, the number and identify of plant traits that …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic Structure of Endangered Species Anagallis foemina Mill. and Abundant Weed Anagalis arvensis L. Occurring in Segetal Habitats in South-Eastern …

E Kwiecińska-Poppe, S Sowa, J Lech, M Haliniarz… - Agronomy, 2024 - mdpi.com
In Poland, two species of the genus Anagallis can be found in segetal communities: scarlet
pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis L.) and blue pimpernel (Anagallis foemina Mill.). A. arvensis …

Undoing the 'nasty: dissecting touch-sensitive stigma movement (thigmonasty) and its loss in self-pollinating monkeyflowers

L Fishman, M McIntosh, TC Nelson, K Baesen… - Biorxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Rapid touch-sensitive stigma closure is a novel plant reproductive trait found in hundreds of
Lamiales species. The origins, mechanisms, and functions of stigma closure remain poorly …

High-throughput DNA sequencing identifies population genetic structure and signatures of local adaptation in invasive populations of Spartina alterniflora in China

F Li, K Gao, AMO Oduor, J Zhu, X Liu, J Li, C Zhao - Biological Invasions, 2024 - Springer
Understanding the ecological and evolutionary processes of invasive plants is a major goal
in ecology. Invasive plant species often exhibit intraspecific phenotypic clines along …

Pollination is a major driver of germination in Comanthera bisulcata and may improve everlasting flowers (Sempre-Vivas) conservation in Brazilian Campos Rupestres

ML de AZEVEDO, MNS OLIVEIRA… - Turkish Journal of …, 2024 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
The campos rupestres, ecosystems that are both unique and highly diverse, are home to a
variety of endemic species, including Comanthera bisulcata (Eriocaulaceae). This species …

Population bottleneck associated with but likely preceded the recent evolution of self-fertilization in a coastal dune plant

SU Greer, SI Wright, CG Eckert - Evolution, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Evolution of self-fertilization may be initiated by a historical population bottleneck, which
should diagnostically reduce lineage-wide genetic variation. However, selfing can also …