Article
Phylogeography of pollinator-specific sexually deceptive Chiloglottis taxa (Orchidaceae): evidence for sympatric divergence?
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2005
Mant J, Bower C C, Weston P H, Peakall R
Abstract excerpt
Divergence in sexually deceptive orchids is thought to occur through shifts in the attraction of specific pollinators, a process that is mediated by changes in the floral odours that lure sexually excited male insects. We investigated the origin of reproductive isolation in a sexually deceptive species complex of Chiloglottis R.Br. (Orchidaceae: Diurideae). Two geographically separated montane regions in eastern...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
