Is Floral Diversification Associated with Pollinator Divergence? Flower Shape, Flower Colour and Pollinator Preference in Chilean Mimulus | Zendy

Arielle M. Cooley | Zendy; Gastón O. Carvallo | Zendy; John H. Willis | Zendy

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Is Floral Diversification Associated with Pollinator Divergence? Flower Shape, Flower Colour and Pollinator Preference in Chilean Mimulus

Author(s) -

Arielle M. Cooley,

Gastón O. Carvallo,

John H. Willis

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcn014

Subject(s) - pollinator , biology , interspecific competition , botany , pollination , reproductive isolation , pollen , population , demography , sociology

Adaptation to different pollinators is thought to drive divergence in flower colour and morphology, and may lead to interspecific reproductive isolation. Floral diversity was tested for association with divergent pollinator preferences in a group of four closely related wildflower species: the yellow-flowered Mimulus luteus var. luteus and the red-pigmented M. l. variegatus, M. naiandinus and M. cupreus.

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