Orchids, hawkmoths and Darwin revisited: How adaptation to pollination by hawkmoths spurred the speciation of Old and New World angraecoids
João N. M. Farminhão, Géromine Collobert, Benoît Perez‐Lamarque, Simon Verlynde, Brigitte Ramandimbisoa, Esra Kaymak, Laura N. Azandi, Vincent Droissart, Murielle Simo‐Droissart, Steve Johnson, Florent Martos, Tariq Stévart
This study examines how pollination specialization by hawkmoths influenced speciation rates in angraecoid orchids, finding that micro-sphingophily is linked to higher speciation rates.
bioRxiv · Dec 6, 2024 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology