The lady's 'slippery' orchid: functions of the floral trap and aphid mimicry in a hoverfly-pollinated Phragmipedium species in Brazil

Trap flowers are fascinating cases of adaptation, often linked to oviposition-site mimicry systems. Some trap flowers do not imprison pollinators for a pre-determined period, but rather force them to move through a specific path, manipulating their movements in a way that culminates in pollen transf...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of botany 2023-03, Vol.131 (2), p.275-286
Hauptverfasser: Cardoso, João C F, Johnson, Steven D, Rezende, Uiara C, Oliveira, Paulo E
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