Evolutionary convergence on hummingbird pollination in Neotropical Costus provides insight into the causes of pollinator shifts
© 2022 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2022 New Phytologist Foundation.
| Veröffentlicht in: | The New phytologist. - 1984. - 236(2022), 4 vom: 03. Nov., Seite 1572-1583 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2022
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | The New phytologist |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Costus convergent evolution floral traits hummingbird pollination orchid bees pollination syndromes tropical biology |
| Zusammenfassung: | © 2022 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2022 New Phytologist Foundation. The evolution of hummingbird pollination is common across angiosperms throughout the Americas, presenting an opportunity to examine convergence in both traits and environments to better understand how complex phenotypes arise. Here we examine independent shifts from bee to hummingbird pollination in the Neotropical spiral gingers (Costus) and address common explanations for the prevalence of transitions from bee to hummingbird pollination. We use floral traits of species with observed pollinators to predict pollinators of unobserved species and reconstruct ancestral pollination states on a well-resolved phylogeny. We examine whether independent transitions evolve towards the same phenotypic optimum and whether shifts to hummingbird pollination correlate with elevation or climate. Traits predicting hummingbird pollination include small flower size, brightly colored floral bracts and the absence of nectar guides. We find many shifts to hummingbird pollination and no reversals, a single shared phenotypic optimum across hummingbird flowers, and no association between pollination and elevation or climate. Evolutionary shifts to hummingbird pollination in Costus are highly convergent and directional, involve a surprising set of traits when compared with other plants with analogous transitions and refute the generality of several common explanations for the prevalence of transitions from bee to hummingbird pollination |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 21.10.2022 Date Revised 10.09.2024 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1469-8137 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/nph.18464 |