The evolution of wind pollination in angiosperms

Culley, Theresa M.; Weller, Stephen G.; Sakai, Ann K.

doi:10.1016/s0169-5347(02)02540-5

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“…Moreover, pollination by wind is expected in some Navia species with tiny flowers (Benzing 2000). In this medium-sized genus predominates species with ornithophilous flowers and the probable shift to pollination by wind from pollination by vertebrates is unique among angiosperms (see Culley et al 2002).…”

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“…For each study/species, we compiled data on pollination syndrome (based on floral morphology sensu Faegri & van der Pijl 1979), pollination system (based on empirical observation of pollen vectors -wind; animal; ambophily -sensu Culley et al 2002); pollinator taxa (scientific names and taxonomic group); sexual system (hermaphrodite; monoecy; andromonoecy); mating system (selfcompatible; self-incompatible); floral reward (nectar; pollen); floral attractiveness (floral scents; colour). We obtained the phylogenetic hypothesis for the Neotropical families of Poales using the angiosperm APG III (APG III 2009) consensus tree (R20120829) from Phylomatic (Webb & Donogue 2004).…”

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An overview on pollination of the Neotropical Poales

Wolowski

Freitas

2015

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Current phylogenetic hypotheses support that ancestral Poales were animal-pollinated and that subsequent shifts to wind pollination have occurred. Ten of the 16 Poales families are widely distributed in the Neotropics, however a comprehensive understanding of their pollination systems' diversity is still lacking. Here we surveyed studies on pollination biology of Neotropical species of Poales. Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae are predominantly wind-pollinated but insect pollination also occurs. Thurniaceae and Thyphaceae fit on anemophily but empirical data are missing. Pollen flowers with poricidal anthers have evolved independently in Mayacaeae and Rapateaceae. Pollen-and nectar-flowers occur in Xyridaceae, which are mainly pollinated by bees. Eriocaulaceae flowers secrete minute quantity of nectar and are pollinated by "diverse small insects". Pollination of Bromeliaceae is carried out by a great variety of animal groups, mainly hummingbirds, and includes anemophily. The diversity in floral forms is very high within the order but more constant within the families. This trend indicates that many events of species diversification may have occurred without divergence in the pollination mode. Still, parallel shifts in pollination modes are found, including possible reversals to wind-or animal-pollination, changes in the type of pollinators (e.g. from hummingbirds to bee or bats) and the arising of ambophily.

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An overview on pollination of the Neotropical Poales

Wolowski

Freitas

2015

Rodriguésia

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“…Unfortunately, our current understanding of this evolutionary transition is rudimentary at best (reviewed in Friedman & Barrett 2009). Few microevolutionary studies have investigated the ecological mechanisms involved, in part because intra-specific variation in pollination systems is rather uncommon (but see Goodwillie 1999;Culley et al 2002). Darwin wrote sparingly about wind pollination in 'Forms of flowers' (1877a) but in a section on Anemophilous plants (Darwin 1876, pp.…”

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Darwin's legacy: the forms, function and sexual diversity of flowers

Barrett

2010

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Charles Darwin studied floral biology for over 40 years and wrote three major books on plant reproduction. These works have provided the conceptual foundation for understanding floral adaptations that promote cross-fertilization and the mechanisms responsible for evolutionary transitions in reproductive systems. Many of Darwin's insights, gained from careful observations and experiments on diverse angiosperm species, remain remarkably durable today and have stimulated much current research on floral function and the evolution of mating systems. Here I review Darwin's seminal contributions to reproductive biology and provide an overview of the current status of research on several of the main topics to which he devoted considerable effort, including the consequences to fitness of cross-versus self-fertilization, the evolution and function of stylar polymorphisms, the adaptive significance of heteranthery, the origins of dioecy and related gender polymorphisms, and the transition from animal pollination to wind pollination. Post-Darwinian perspectives on floral function now recognize the importance of pollen dispersal and male outcrossed siring success in shaping floral adaptation. This has helped to link work on pollination biology and mating systems, two subfields of reproductive biology that remained largely isolated during much of the twentieth century despite Darwin's efforts towards integration.

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“…Plantago ( internodes (Culley et al 2002;Weller et al 2006;Friedman and Barrett 2008). Two forms of dichogamy exist: protandry (male phase precedes female) and protogyny (female phase precedes male).…”

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Evolution of flower shape in Plantago lanceolata

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Plantago lanceolata produces small actinomorphic (radially symmetric), wind-pollinated flowers that have evolved from a zygomorphic, biotically pollinated ancestral state. To understand the developmental mechanisms that might underlie this change in flower shape, and associated change in pollination syndrome, we analyzed the role of CYC-like genes in P. lanceolata. Related zygomorphic species have two CYC-like genes that are expressed asymmetrically in the dorsal region of young floral meristems and in developing flowers, where they affect the rate of development of dorsal petals and stamens. Plantago has a single CYC-like gene (PlCYC) that is not expressed in early floral meristems and there is no apparent asymmetry in the pattern of PlCYC expression during later flower development. Thus, the evolution of actinomorphy in Plantago correlates with loss of dorsal-specific CYC-like gene function. PlCYC is expressed in the inflorescence stem, in pedicels, and relatively late in stamen development, suggesting a novel role for PlCYC in compacting the inflorescence and retarding stamen elongation in this wind pollinated species.

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The evolution of wind pollination in angiosperms

Cited by 373 publications

References 56 publications

An overview on pollination of the Neotropical Poales

An overview on pollination of the Neotropical Poales

Darwin's legacy: the forms, function and sexual diversity of flowers

Evolution of flower shape in Plantago lanceolata

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