Repeated loss of floral scent in independent transitions from bee to hummingbird pollination in spiral gingers
Kathy Darragh,
Kathleen M Kay,
Santiago R Ramirez
Abstract:The repeated evolution of the same trait in different lineages provides powerful natural experiments to study the phenotypic and genotypic predictability of how traits are gained and lost. A fascinating example of this is the repeated evolution of hummingbird pollination in plant lineages in the Americas, a widespread and seemingly unidirectional phenomenon. The spiral gingers in the genus Costus are ancestrally bee-pollinated and hummingbird pollination has evolved multiple times independently in the tropical… Show more
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