Active pollinator choice by Heliconia 'fits the bill'

Judith L. Bronstein; Sarah K. Richman

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2015.04.010

Active pollinator choice by Heliconia 'fits the bill'

Judith L. Bronstein
, Sarah K. Richman

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Abstract

A new study documents that a tropical plant only reproduces when pollen has been deposited by a visitor capable of extracting nectar from its deep flowers. Large, long-billed hummingbirds generally carry greater quantities of, and more genetically diverse, pollen. Thus, plants can exert more active partner choice than previously considered possible.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	403-404
Number of pages	2
Journal	Trends in Plant Science
Volume	20
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2015.04.010
State	Published - Jul 1 2015

Keywords

Coevolution
Hummingbird
Mutualism
Partner choice
Pollination
Reproduction

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Plant Science

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