Vestigial organs as opportunities for functional innovation: The example of the Penstemon staminode

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 477-487

  Walker Larsen, Jennifer ^a,b   Harder, Lawrence D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Gwich'in Renewable Resource Board   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Floral evolution; Functional evolution; Penstemon; Pollen deposition; Pollen removal; Pollination; Staminode; Vestigial organs

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FLOWER; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; POLLINATION;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; AVES; COLLINSIEAE; ELLIPTICUS; PENSTEMON; PENSTEMON CENTRANTHIFOLIUS; PENSTEMON ELLIPTICUS; PENSTEMON PALMERI; PENSTEMON ROSTRIFLORUS;

EID: 0034918572     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00782.x     Document Type: Article

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