Pollination syndromes, recurring suites of floral traits appearing in connection with specific
functional pollinator groups, have served for decades to organise floral diversity under a …

Although it is well appreciated that genetic studies of flowering time regulation have led to
fundamental advances in the fields of molecular and developmental biology, the ways in …

Mimicry is a classic example of adaptation through natural selection. The traditional focus of
mimicry research has been on defence in animals, but there is now also a highly-developed …

How barriers to gene flow arise and are maintained are key questions in evolutionary
biology. Speciation research has mainly focused on barriers that occur either before mating …

Episodes of rapid speciation provide unique insights into evolutionary processes underlying
species radiations and patterns of biodiversity. Here we investigated the radiation of …

Orchidaceae is one of the largest, most diverse families in angiosperms with significant
ecological and economical values. Orchids have long fascinated scientists by their complex …

Highlights•Semiochemicals are of vital importance for pollination of sexually deceptive
plants.•Plants sexually exploit diverse insects with diverse semiochemicals.•The first genes …

Abstract Background and Aims Apocynaceae and Orchidaceae are two angiosperm families
with extreme flower synorganization. They are unrelated, the former in eudicots, the latter in …

Pollinator-driven evolution of floral traits is thought to be a major driver of angiosperm
speciation and diversification. Ophrys orchids mimic female insects to lure male pollinators …

Abstract Background and Aims Bee orchids (Ophrys) have become the most popular model
system for studying reproduction via insect-mediated pseudo-copulation and for exploring …