Gennaria diphylla (Link) Parl. is a terrestrial, inconspicuous green orchid. Its distribution includes the central and western Mediterranean region as well Canary Islands Madeira. Investigations on its pollination biology are scarce. In literature there mentions of autogamy allogamy. Pollination pollen import export were studied Tenerife The investigations showed plays less important role than ...

Abstract Pollination of deceptive orchids has enabled scientists to understand how these species avoid inbreeding depression by reducing the number pollinator visits per inflorescence. In rewarding species, which receive a higher rate plant, geitonogamy is usually and therefore risk increases. this study, we assess breeding system orchid A. coriophora, spatio-temporal changes in its fitness as ...

Citrus reproductive biology is complex. One of its characteristic features parthenocarpy that enables seedless fruit production. and self-incompatibility knowledge only partial sometimes discrepant. Increasing such relevant for better managing cultivated varieties improving the selection parents in breeding strategies to recover as mandarins. This work develops an efficient protocol characteriz...

Insular floras, characterized by simple pollination networks, sometimes include novel mutualistic agents such as nonspecialist nectarivores. In this study we confirmed the effective pollination of Isoplexis canariensis by opportunistic nectar-feeding birds in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. This plant is among the ornithophilous species of the Canarian flora that lack past and present speciali...

The reproductive assurance hypothesis states that self-incompatible female plants must produce twice the number of seeds relative to their self-compatible hermaphroditic counterparts to persist in gynodioecious populations. This is a viable life-history strategy, provided that pollination rates are sufficiently high. However, reduced pollination rates in alpine plants are likely due to climate ...

It has been suggested that there is a geographic dichotomy in the pollination systems of chiropterophilous columnar cacti: in intra-tropical areas they are pollinated almost exclusively by bats, whereas in extratropical areas they are pollinated by bats, birds and bees. However, currently the studies are clumped both taxonomically (mainly Pachycereeae species) and geographically (mainly in the ...

Self-incompatibility systems in plants are genetic systems that prevent self-fertilization in hermaphrodites through recognition and rejection of pollen expressing the same allelic specificity as that expressed in the pistils. The evolutionary properties of these self-recognition systems have been revealed through a fascinating interplay between empirical advances and theoretical developments. ...

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Patterns in ecology are the products of current factors interacting with history. Nevertheless, few studies have attempted to disentangle contribution historical and factors, such as climate change pollinator identity behavior, on plant reproduction. Here, we separate relative importance processes geographical patterns mating system tree species Curatella americana (Dilleniaceae). Specifically,...