Do changes in floral odor cause speciation in sexually deceptive orchids?

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 234, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 111-119

  Schiestl, Florian P ^a,b   Ayasse, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Braune Ragwurz; Floral odor; GC EAD; Ophrys bilunulata Risso; Ophrys fusca Link; Pollination by sexual deception; Pseudocopulation

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; OPHRYS; OPHRYS FUSCA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 0036860905     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-002-0187-z     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Ågren L., Borg-Karlson A. K. (1984) Responses of Agogorytes (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) males to odour signals from Ophrys insectifera (Orchidaceae). Preliminary EAG and chemical investigation. Nov. Act. Reg. Soc. Sci. Ups. Ser. V: 111-117.
2. Arn H., Städler E., Rauscher S. (1975) The electroantennographic detector - A selective and sensitive tool in the gaschromatographic analysis of insect pheromones. Z. Naturforsch. 30c: 722-725.
3. Ayasse M., Engels W., Lübke G., Francke W. (1999) Mating expenditures reduced via female sex pheromone modulation in the primitively eusocial halictine bee, Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) malachurum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 45: 95-106.
4. Ayasse M., Paxton R. J., Tengo J. (2001) Mating behavior and chemical communication in the order hymenoptera. Annual Rev. Entomol. 46: 31-78.
5. Ayasse M., Schiestl F. P., Paulus H. F., Löfstedt C., Hansson B., Ibarra F., Francke W. (2000) Evolution of reproductive strategies in the sexually deceptive orchid Ophrys sphegodes: How does flower-specific variation of odor signals influence reproductive success? Evolution 54: 1995-2006.
6. Bergström G. (1987) On the role of volatile chemical signals in the evolution and speciation of plants and insects: Why do flowers smell and why do they smell differently? In: Labeyrie V., Fabres G., Lachaise D. (eds.) Insects-Plants. Netherlands, Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 321-327.
7. Borg-Karlson A. K. (1990) Chemical and ethological studies on pollination in the genus Ophrys (Orchidaceae). Phytochemistry 29: 1359-1387.
8. Borg-Karlson A. K., Groth I., Ågren L., Kullenberg B. (1993) Form-specific fragrances from Ophrys insectifera L. (Orchidaceae) attract species of different pollinator genera. Evidence of sympatric speciation? Chemoecology 4: 39-45.
9. Delforge P. (1995) Orchids of Britain and Europe. Harpercollins London.
10. Dobson H. E. M. (1994) Floral volatiles in insect biology. In: Bernays E. A. (ed.) Insect-Plant Interactions. CRC Press, pp. 47-81.
11. Dodson C. H., Dressler R. L., Hills H. G., Adams R. M., Williams N. H. (1969) Biologically active compounds in orchid fragrances. Science 164: 1243-1249.
12. Ehrendorfer F. (1980) Hybridisierung, polyploidie und evolution bei europäisch-mediterranen orchideen. Die Orchidee Sonderheft: 15-34.
13. Erdmann D. H. (1996) Identifizierung und Synthese Flüchtiger Signalstoffe aus Insekten und Ihren Wirtspflanzen. Dissertation Universität Hamburg.
14. Frisch K. V. (1919) Über den sitz des geruchssinns bei insekten. Zool. Jb. Abt. Allg. Zool. U. Physiol. 38: 449-516.
15. Grant V. (1994) Modes and origins of mechanical and ethological isolation in angiosperms. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91: 3-10.
16. Gregg K. B. (1983) Variation in floral fragrances and morphology: Incipient speciation in Cycnoches? Bot. Gaz. 144: 566-576.
17. Haynes K. F., Hunt R. E. (1990) A mutation in pheromonal communication system of the cabbage looper moth, Trichoplusia ni. J. Chem. Ecol. 16: 1249-1257.
18. Johnson S. D., Steiner K. E. (2000) Generalization versus specialization in plant pollination systems. Tree 15: 140-143.
19. Knudsen J. T., Tollsten L. (1993) Trends in floral scent chemistry in pollination syndromes. Floral scent composition in moth-pollinated taxa. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 113: 263-284.
20. Kugler H. (1970) Blütenökologie. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart.
21. Kullenberg B. (1961) Studies in Ophrys pollination. Zool. Bidrag. (Uppsala) 34: 1-340.
22. Linn E. C., Roelofs L. W. (1995) Pheromone communication in moths and its role in the speciation process. In: Lambert M. D., Spencer G. Hamish (eds.) Speciation and the Recognition Concept. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, pp. 263-300.
23. Löfstedt C. (1990) Evolution of moth pheromones. Proc. Conf. Insect Chem. Ecol. 57-73.
24. Löfstedt C., Herrebout M. W., Menken B. J. S. (1991) Sex pheromones and their potential role in the evolution of reproductive isolation in small ermine moths (Yponomeutidae). Chemo-Ecology 2: 20-28.
25. Löfstedt C. (1993) Moth pheromone genetics and evolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 340: 167-177.
26. Mant J., Schiestl F. P., Peakall R., Weston P. (2002) A phylogenetic study of pollinator conservatism among sexually deceptive orchids. Evolution 56: 888-898.
27. Moya S., Ackerman J. D. (1993) Variation in the floral fragrance of Epidendrum ciliare (Orchidaceae). Nord: J. Bot. 13: 41-47.
28. Nilsson L. A. (1983) Processes of isolation and introgressive interplay between Platanthera bifolia (L.) Rich. and P. chlorantha (Custer) Reichb. (Orchidaceae). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 87: 325-350.
29. Paulmier I., Anne-Geneviève B., Afonso C. M. M., Dusticier G., Rivière G., Clement J. L. (1999) Alkenes as a sexual pheromone in the alfalfa leaf cutter bee Megachile rotundata. J. Chem. Ecol. 25: 471-490.
30. Paulus H. F., Gack C. (1981) Neue beobachtungen zur bestäubung von Ophrys (Orchidaceae) in südspanien, mit besonderer berücksichtigung des formenkreises Ophrys fusca agg. Plant Syst. Evol. 137: 241-258.
31. Paulus H. F., Gack C. (1990) Pollinators as prepollinating isolation factors: Evolution and speciation in Ophrys (Orchidaceae). Israel J. Bot. 39: 43-97.
32. Pouyanne A. (1917) Le fecondation des Ophrys par les insectes. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 8: 6-7.
33. Raguso R. A., Pichersky E. (1995) Floral volatiles from Clarkia breweri and C. concinna (Onagraceae): Recent evolution of floral scent and moth pollination. Plant Syst. Evol. 194: 55-67.
34. Schiestl F. P., Ayasse M., Paulus H. F., Löfstedt C., Hansson B. S., Ibarra F., Francke W. (1999) Orchid pollination by sexual swindle. Nature 399: 421-422.
35. Schiestl F. P., Ayasse M., Paulus H. F., Löfstedt C., Hansson B. S., Ibarra F., Francke W. (2000) Sex pheromone mimicry in the early spider orchid (Ophrys sphegodes): Patterns of hydrocarbons as the key mechanism for pollination by sexual deception. J. Comp. Physiol. A 186: 567-574.
36. Schiestl F. P., Ayasse M. (2000) Post mating odor in females of the solitary bee, Andrena nigroaenea (Apoidea, Andrenidae) inhibits male mating behavior. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 48: 303-307.
37. Schiestl F. P., Ayasse M. (2001) Post-pollination production of a repellent compound in a sexually deceptive orchid: A new mechanism for maximising reproductive success? Oecologia 126: 531-534.
38. Soliva M., Kocyan A., Widmer A. (2001) Molecular phylogenetics of the sexually deceptive orchid genus Ophrys (Orchidaceae) based on nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences. Molec. Phylog. Evol. 20: 78-88
39. Stebbins G. L. (1970) Adaptive radiation of reproductive characteristics in angiosperms, I: Pollination mechanisms. Annual Rev. Ecol. Syst. 1: 307-326.
40. Vogel S. (1983) Ecophysiology of zoophilic pollination. In: Lange O. L., Nobel P. S., Osmond C. B., Ziegler H. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, Physiological Plant Ecology, New Series vol. 12c. Springer, Berlin, pp. 560-611.
41. Waser N. M. (1998) Pollination, angiosperm speciation, and the nature of species boundaries. Oikos 81: 198-201.
42. West-Eberhard M. J. (1984) Sexual selection, competitive communication and species specific signals in insects. In: Lewis T. (ed.) Insect Communication. Academic, London, pp. 283-323.