An angiosperm-wide perspective on reproductive strategiesand floral traits
Andrew J. Helmstetter, Marcos Méndez, Jürg Schönenberger, Concetta Burgarella, Bruce Anderson, Maria von Balthazar, Sylvain Billiard, Hugo de Boer, Johanne Cros, Pierre-Alexandre Delecroix, Mathilde Dufaÿ, John R. Pannell, Dessislava Savova Bianchi, Daniel J. Schoen, Mario Vallejo‐Marín, , Jos Käfer
The paper analyzes floral and reproductive traits across 361 flowering plant species to show that dioecy is linked to floral traits, while correlations with lifespan and dispersal are spurious.
New Phytologist · Jan 23, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology