Constrained lability in floral evolution: Counting convergent origins of hummingbird pollination in Penstemon and Keckiella

New Phytologist

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 883-890

  Wilson, Paul ^a   Wolfe, Andrea D ^b   Armbruster, W Scott ^c,d,e   Thomson, James D ^f,g  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservatism; Constraint; Homoplasy; Lability; Parallelism; Penstemon; Pollination; Speciational drive

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BOOTSTRAPPING; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DICOTYLEDON; FLORAL TRAIT; INSECT; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLLINATION;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENETICS; INSECT; PENSTEMON; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; INSECTS; LAMIACEAE; PENSTEMON; REPRODUCTION;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; KECKIELLA; PENSTEMON;

EID: 36049035552     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02219.x     Document Type: Article

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