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Pollen-like trichomes may reward pollinators of Cypripedium wardii (Orchidaceae)

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: provide a pollen surrogate potentially rewarding polylectic/polyphagic pollinators. This results into an unusually high fruit set (76%-82%) contrasting with a lower-level of fruit set in other deceptive orchids. Our findings provide new insights on the gradation between reward and deception in the evolution of orchid flowers.

Source: iScience

DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.113951

Authors: Chen-Chen Zheng, Zong-Xin Ren, Shi-Qi Li, Wu-Fan Zhang, Andre Rodrigo Rech, Yun-Dong Gao, Guo-Qiang Wang, Bo Xu, Xin-Fen Gao

Institutions: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Institute of Botany, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Kunming Institute of Botany, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Beijing Botanical Garden

Language: English

Topic: Plant and animal studies

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,240

Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Awards: G106030907, G3813669403, G498872439, G532277657

OpenAlex ID: W4415943606

FWCI: 0.958

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