The betrayed thief – the extraordinary strategy of Aristolochia rotunda to deceive its pollinators

Pollination of several angiosperms is based on deceit. In such systems, the flowers advertise a reward that ultimately is not provided. We report on a previously unknown pollination/mimicry system discovered in deceptive Aristolochia rotunda (Aristolochiaceae). Pollinators were collected in the natu...

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Autores principales: Oelschlägel, Birgit, Nuss, Matthias, von Tschirnhaus, Michael, Pätzold, Claudia, Neinhuis, Christoph, Dötterl, Stefan, Wanke, Stefan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4357391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25488155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.13210

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4357391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25488155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.13210

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