Fruit-set induced changes in the sex of flowers in Caesalpinia calycina (Leguminosae)

Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 665-669

  Gibbs, P E ^a   Lewis, G P ^b   Lughadha, E N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andromonoecy; Caesalpinia; Fruit set; Sex expression

Indexed keywords

CAESALPINIA; CAESALPINIA CALYCINA; CALYCINA; FABACEAE;

EID: 0032763433     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1999.tb00278.x     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Ayre, D. J. and Whelan, R. J. (1989) Factors controlling fruit set in hermaphroditic plants: studies with the Australian Proteaceae. TREE 4, 267-272.
2. Bawa, K. S. and Webb, C. J. ( 1984) Flower, fruit and seed abortion in tropical forest trees: implications for the evolution of paternal and maternal reproductive patterns. Amer. J. Bot. 71, 736-751.
3. Benseler, R. W. (1975) Floral biology of California buckeye. Madroño 23, 41-53.
4. Bierzychudek, P. (1981) Pollen limitation of plant reproductive effort. Am. Nat. 117, 838-840.
5. Bullock, S. H. (1985) Breeding systems in the flora of a tropical deciduous forest in Mexico. Biotropica 17, 287-301.
6. Cocucci, A. A., Galetto, L., and Sérsic, A. (1992) El síndrome floral de Caesalpinia gilliesii (Fabaceae-Caesalpiniodeae). Darwiniana 31, 111-135.
7. Cruden, R. W. (1976) Intraspecific variation in pollen-ovule ratios and nectar secretion - preliminary evidence of ecotypic adaptation. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 63, 277-289.
8. Cruden, R. W. and Hermann-Parker, S. M. (1979) Butterfly pollination of Caesalpinia pulcherrima, with observations on a psychophilous syndrome. J. Ecol. 67, 155-168.
9. de Jong, A. W. and Bruinsma, J. ( 1974) Pistil development in Cleome flowers. I. Effects of mineral nutrition and the presence of leaves and fruits on female abortion in Cleome spinosa. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie 72, 220-226.
10. Diggle, P. K. (1991 a) Labile sex expression in andromonoecious Solanum hirtum: pattern of variation in floral structure. Canad. J. Bot. 69, 2033-2043.
11. Diggle, P. K. (1991 b) Labile sex expression in andromonoecious Solanum hirtum: floral development and sex determination. Amer. J. Bot. 78, 377-393.
12. Diggle, P. K. (1993) Developmental plasticity, genetic variation and the evolution of andromonoecy in Solanum hirtum (Solanceae). Amer. J. Bot. 80, 967-973.
13. Diggle, P. K. (1994) The expression of andromonoecy in Solanum hirsutum (Solanaceae): phenotypic plasticity and ontogenetic contingency. Amer. J. Bot. 81, 1334-1365.
14. Heithaus, E. R., Opler, P. A., and Baker, H. G. (1974) Bat activity and pollination of Bauhinia pauletia: plant - pollinator coevolution. Ecology 55, 412-419.
15. Hokche, O. and Ramirez, N. (1990) Pollination biology of seven species of Bauhinia L. (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 77, 559-572.
16. Lee, T. D. (1989) Patterns of fruit and seed production in a Vermont population of Cassia nictitans L. (Caesalpiniaceae). Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 116, 15-21.
17. Lewis, G. P. and Gibbs, P. E. (1999) Reproductive biology of Caesalpinia calycina and C. pluviosa (Leguminosae) of the caatinga of NE Brazil. Pl. Syst. Evol. 217, 43-53.
18. Lloyd, D. G. (1980) Sexual strategies in plants. I. An hypothesis of serial adjustment of maternal investment during one reproductive session. New Phytol. 86, 69-79.
19. May, P. G. and Spears Jr., E. E. (1988) Andromonoecy and variation in phenotypic gender of Passiflora incarnata (Passifloraceae). Amer. J. Bot. 75, 1830-1841.
20. Primack, R. B. and Lloyd, D. G. (1980) Andromonoecy in the New Zealand montane shrub Manuka, Leptospermum scoparium (Myrtaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 67, 361-368.
21. Ramirez, N., Sobrevila, C., Enrech, N. X. de, and Ruiz-Zapata, T. (1984) Floral biology and breeding system of Bauhinia benthamiana Taub. (Leguminosae), a bat-pollinated tree in Venezuelan "Llanos". Amer. J. Bot. 71, 273-280.
22. Solomon, B. P. (1985) Environmentally influenced changes in sex expression in an andromonoecious plant. Ecology 66, 1321-1332.
23. Stephenson, A. G. (1979) An evolutionary examination of floral display in Catalpa speciosa (Bignoniaceae). Evolution 33, 1200-1209.
24. Stephenson, A. G. (1981) Flower and fruit abortion: proximate causes and ultimate functions. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 12, 253-279.
25. Stephenson, A. G. and Winsor, J. A. (1979) Lotus corniculatus regulates offspring quality through selective fruit abortion. Evolution 40, 453-458.
26. Stout, A. B. (1923) Alternation of sexes and intermittent production of fruit in spider flower (Cleome spinosa). Amer. J. Bot. 10, 57-66.
27. Sutherland, S. (1987) Why hermaphroditic plants produce many more flowers than fruits: experimental tests Agave mckelveyana. Evolution 41, 750-759.
28. Webb, C. J. and Bawa, K. S. (1985) Patterns of fruit and seed production in Bauhinia ungulata (Leguminosae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 151, 55-65.
29. Whalen, M. D. and Costich, D. E. (1986) Andromonoecy Solanum. In Solanaceae: biology and systematics (D'Arcy, W. G., ed.), New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 285-302.
30. Willson, M. and Price, P. (1977) The evolution of inflorescence size in Asclepias (Asclepiadaceae). Evolution 31, 495-511.