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Cover Caption: Evolution of Long Tubed Flowers
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of integrative plant biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.734
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1744-7909
pISSN - 1672-9072
DOI - 10.1111/jipb.12406
Subject(s) - pollinator , cover (algebra) , pollination , biology , fruit set , botany , pollen , engineering , mechanical engineering
It has been accepted that the evolution of long‐tubed flowers is driven by long‐tongued pollinators. However, numerous Pedicularis species in Himalayas evolve long corolla tubes but are pollinated by bumblebees. As shown on the cover that corolla tubes in P. siphonantha from southwest China are up to 10 cm in length. Huang et al. (pp. 698–700) manipulated the length of the corolla tube to examine pollinator preference and seed set, data obtained do not support the traditional hypothesis. Photo provided by Shuang‐Quan Huang.