Sterile flowers increase pollinator attraction and promote female success in the Mediterranean herb Leopoldia comosa | Zendy

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Sterile flowers increase pollinator attraction and promote female success in the Mediterranean herb Leopoldia comosa

Author(s) -

Carolina L. Morales,

Anna Traveset,

Lawrence D. Harder

Publication year - 2012

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/mcs243

Subject(s) - pollinator , biology , pollination , inflorescence , pollen , attraction , population , botany , hand pollination , flor , reproductive success , horticulture , linguistics , philosophy , demography , sociology

Large floral displays have opposing consequences for animal-pollinated angiosperms: they attract more pollinators but also enable elevated among-flower self-pollination (geitonogamy). The presence of sterile flowers as pollinator signals may enhance attraction while allowing displays of fewer open fertile flowers, limiting geitonogamy. The simultaneous contributions of fertile and non-fertile display components to pollinator attraction and reproductive output remain undetermined.

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