A pollinator shift explains floral divergence in an orchid species complex in South Africa

Annals of Botany

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 277-288

  Peter, Craig I ^a,b   Johnson, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Amegilla; bee pollination; beetle pollination; Cetoniinae; Eulophia; Grant Stebbins model; Orchidaceae; phenology; pollination ecotypes; pollinator driven speciation; scent; Y maze olfactometer

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEETLE; DICOTYLEDON; ECOTYPE; FLORAL TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; SCENT MARKING; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

SOUTH AFRICA;

AMEGILLA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BEE POLLINATION; BEETLE; BEETLE POLLINATION; BREEDING; CETONIINAE; DECISION MAKING; EULOPHIA; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; FLYING; GEOGRAPHY; GRANT-STEBBINS MODEL; HISTOLOGY; ODOR; OLFACTOMETRY; ORCHIDACEAE; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POLLEN; POLLINATION ECOTYPES; POLLINATOR-DRIVEN SPECIATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME; Y-MAZE OLFACTOMETER;

AMEGILLA; BEE POLLINATION; BEETLE POLLINATION; CETONIINAE; EULOPHIA; GRANT-STEBBINS MODEL; ORCHIDACEAE; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION ECOTYPES; POLLINATOR-DRIVEN SPECIATION; SCENT; Y-MAZE OLFACTOMETER;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEETLES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BREEDING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FLOWERS; GEOGRAPHY; ODORS; OLFACTOMETRY; ORCHIDACEAE; PIGMENTATION; POLLEN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892778564     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct216     Document Type: Article

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