Pollen flow in the distylous Palicourea fendleri (Rubiaceae): An experimental test of the Disassortative Pollen Flow Hypothesis

Oecologia

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 593-600

  Lau, Pablo ^a,b   Bosque, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b Universidad Nacional Experimental Simon Rodriuez   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Floral morphology; Heterostyly; Hummingbirds; Reciprocal herkogamy; Self pollination

Indexed keywords

FLORAL TRAIT; POLLINATION; ZOOPHILY;

AMAZILIA; AMAZILIA TOBACI; COROLLA; PALICOUREA; PALICOUREA FENDLERI; RUBIACEAE; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 0038243093     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1216-5     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Baker HG (1958) Studies in the reproductive biology of West African Rubiaceae. J West Afr Sci Assoc 4:9-24
2. Barrett SCH (1990) The evolution and adaptive significance of heterostyly. TREE 5:144-148
3. Barrett SCH, Glover D (1985) On the Darwinian hypothesis of the adaptive significance of tristyly. Evolution 39:766-774
4. Bjorkman T (1995) The effectiveness of heterostyly in preventing illegitimate pollination in dish-shaped flowers. Sex Plant Reprod 8:143-146
5. Dafni A (1992) Pollination ecology. A practical approach. Oxford University Press, New York
6. Darwin C (1877) The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. Reprinted in 1986 by University of Chicago Press, Chicago
7. Faivre AE, Mcdade LA (2001) Population-level variation in the expression of heterostyly in three species of Rubiaceae: does reciprocal placement of anthers and stigmas characterize heterostyly? Am J Bot 88:841-853
8. Feinsinger P, Busby WH (1987) Pollen carry over: experimental comparisons between morphs of Palicourea lasiorrachis (Rubiaceae), a distylous, bird pollinated, tropical treelet. Oecologia 73:231-235
9. Ganders FR (1974) Disassortative pollination in the distylous plant Jepsonia heterandra. Can J Bot 52:2401-2406
10. Ganders FR (1976) Pollen flow in distylous populations of Amsinckia (Boraginaceae). Can J Bot 54:2530-2535
11. Ganders FR (1979) The biology of heterostyly. N Z J Bot 17:607-635
12. Glover DE, Barrett SCH (1986) Stigmatic pollen loads in populations of Pontederia cordata, from the southern US. Am J Bot 73:1607-1612
13. Hicks DJ, Wyat TR, Meagher TR (1985) Reproductive biology of distylous Partridgeberry Mitchella repens. Am J Bot 72:1503-1514
14. Levin DA (1968) The breeding system of Lithospermum carolinense: adaptation and counter adaptation. Am Nat 102:427-441
15. Lewis D (1982) Incompatibility, stamen movement and pollen economy in a heterostylic tropical forest tree, Cratoxylum formosum (Guttiferae). Proc R Soc Lond Ser B 214:276-283
16. Lloyd DG, Webb CJ (1992) The selection of heterostyly. In: Barrett SCH (ed) Evolution and function of heterostyly. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York
17. Lloyd DG, Webb CJ, Dulberger R (1990) Heterostyly in species of Narcissus (Amaryllidaceae) and Hugonia (Linaceae) and other disputed cases. Plant Syst Evol 172:215-227
18. Naiki A, Kato M (1999) Pollination and evolution of dioecy from distyly in Mussaenda parviflora (Rubiaceae). Plant Species Biol 14:217-227
19. Nicholls MS (1985) Pollen flow, self-pollination and gender specialization: factors affecting seed-set in the tristylous species Lythrum salicaria (Lythraceae). Plant Syst Evol 156:151-157
20. Nicholls MS (1986) Population composition, gender specialization, and the adaptive significance of distyly in Linnum perernne (Linaceae). New Phytol 102:209-217
21. Nishihiro J, Washitani I (1998) Patterns and consequences of self-pollen deposition on stigmas in heterostylous Persicaria japonica (Polygonaceae). Am J Bot 85:352-359
22. Olesen JM (1979) Floral morphology and pollen flow in the heterostylous species Pulmonaria obscura (Boraginaceae). New Phytol 82:757-767
23. Opler PA, Baker HG, Frankie GW (1975) Reproductive biology of some Costa Rican Cordia species (Boraginaceae). Biotropica 7:234-247
24. Ornduff R (1966) The origin of dioecism from heterostyly in Nymphoides (Menyanthaceae). Evolution 20:309-314
25. OrndufF R (1970) Incompatibility and the pollen economy of Jepsonia parryi. Am J Bot 57:1036-1044
26. Ornduff R (1975) Pollen flow in Lythrum junceum, a tristylous species. New Phytol 75:161-166
27. Ornduff R (1980a) Pollen flow in Primula veris (Primulaceae). Plant Syst Evol 135:89-94
28. Ornduff R (1980b) Heterostyly, population composition, and pollen flow in Hedyotis caerulea. Am J Bot 67:95-103
29. Pailler T, Humeau L, Figier J, Thompson JD (1998) Reproductive trait variation in the functionally dioecious and morphologically heterostylous island endemic Chassalia coralloides (Rubiaceae). Biol J Linn Soc 64:297-314
30. Phillip M, Schou O (1981) An unusual heteromorphic incompatibility system: distyly, self-incompatibility, pollen load and fecundity in Anchusa officinalis (Boraginaceae). New Phytol 89:693-703
31. Price SD, Barrett SCH (1984) The function and adaptive significance of tristyly in Pontederia cordata L. (Pontederiaceae). Biol J Linn Soc 21:315-329
32. Ree RH (1997) Pollen flow, fecundity, and the adaptive significance of heterostyly in Palicourea padifolia (Rubiaceae). Biotropica 29:298-308
33. Richards JH, Koptur S (1993) Floral variation and distyly in Guetarda scabra (Rubiacee). Am J Bot 80:31-40
34. Schou O (1983) The distyly in Primula elatior (L.) Hill (Primulaceae), with a study of flowering phenology and pollen flow. Bot J Linn Soc 86:261-274
35. Sobrevila C, Arroyo MTK (1982) Breeding systems in a montane tropical cloud forest in Venezuela. Plant Syst Evol 140:19-37
36. Sobrevila C, Ramirez N, De Enrech NX (1983) Reproductive biology of Palicourea fendleri and P. petiolaris (Rubiaceae), heterostylous shrubs of a tropical cloud forest in Venezuela. Biotropica 15:161-169
37. Stone JL (1996) Components of pollination effectiveness in Psychotria suerrensis, a tropical distylous shrub. Oecologia 107:504-512
38. Weller SG (1980) Pollen flow and fecundity in the population of Lithospermum carolinense. Am J Bot 67:1334-1341