Exceptional diversification of floral form in a specialized orchid pollination system
Jasen W. Liu, Diego Bogarín, Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar, Franco Pupulin, Adam P. Karremans, Zuleika Serracín, Y. L. Xie, Eugenio Restrepo, Santiago R. Ramírez
The paper analyzes floral evolution in orchids to show that specialized pollination by scent-collecting bees leads to faster floral shape evolution than other pollination strategies.
bioRxiv · Jul 25, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology