Article
Complex floral traits shape pollinator attraction to ornamental plants.
Annals of botany - 26 Sept 2022
Erickson E, Junker R R, Ali J G, McCartney N, Patch H M, Grozinger C M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Ornamental flowering plant species are often used in managed greenspaces to attract and support pollinator populations. In natural systems, selection by pollinators is hypothesized to result in convergent multimodal floral phenotypes that are more attractive to specific pollinator taxa. In contrast, ornamental cultivars are bred via artificial selection by humans, and exhibit diverse and...
Topics
- Animals
- Bees
- Flowers
- Humans
- Magnoliopsida
- Phenotype
- Plants
- Pollination