This research was supported by the Science and Technology Basic Work of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Grant No.2013FY111200);the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA13020504);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.31970252,31370269,31570594,31000109);the Foundation of Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization,South China Botanical Garden,CAS(Grant No.PCU201903).
Pollination precision and efficiency have been deemed to be important driving forces in floral evolution.Herkogamy reduction is a main mechanism to increase pollination precision.Secondary pollen presentation(SPP),by ...
Reproductive systems are fundamental attributes for understanding life cycle and regeneration processes and provide information about seed production and genetic diversity. Analyses of reproductive strategies within c...
This research was supported by the Joint Funds of the National Science Foundation of China and Yunnan Provincial Government(no.U1202261);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(no.31500194)and the CAS 135 program(XTBG-F01,T01).
Aims Distyly is one of the most widespread floral polymorphisms pro-moting cross-fertilization.Evolutionary transition from obligate cross-fertilized distyly to predominantly self-fertilized homostyly is frequently do...
This work was funded by a masters scholarship to A.A.-B.(no.270296);a research grant to E.C.from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología(CONACyT grant no.105952);from the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo.
Aims The evolution of the outstanding variation of reproductive systems in angiosperms has been considered an important driver of line-age diversification.Closely related hermaphroditic and dioecious species with biot...
National Science Foundation of China(31030016,31270281)to S.Q.H.
Aims Distyly has been regarded as an adaptation to improve compatible pollination between two floral morphs with reciprocal herkogamy.The hypothesis that the different positions of anthers and stigmas within flowers a...
The floral morphology, breeding system and pollinators of four natural populations of Psychotria elata (Rubiaceae), found in tropical rainforests of Costa Rica, were examined. Anisoplethy and distylous morphology were...
This work was financially supported by 973 programs,Natural Science Foundation of China
Evolution of herkogamy has been ascribed to preventing autonomous selfing within flowers, but this argument has received challenges due to the negative effects of sexual interference on reproductive success of plant s...
This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,the Key Program for International S & T Cooperation Projects of China,the Special Foundation for State Major Basic Research Program of China
Protogyny and delayed selfing are two mechanisms in facilitating outcrossing and increasing female and male function in self-compatible plant species. However, both mechanisms are rarely reported within a species. Her...
Supported by Funds from the University of Maryland,Sigma-Xi,Graduate Women in Science,American Gloxinia and Gesneriad Society,Explorers Club of Washington,and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30225007)
Species with mixed mating systems often demonstrate variable expression of breeding system characteristics and thus represent the opportunity to understand the factors and mechanisms that promote both outcrossed and s...