Floral evolution in the Ranunculaceae
- Six clearly separable evolutionary levels in the floral evolution of the Ranunculaceae were found to coincide with the six corresponding stages of sensory development of their pollinators as follows: amorphic -> haplomorphic -> actinomorphic -> pleomorphic -> stereomorphic-zygomorphic. This is a basic trend of floral evolution, fully recapitulated in a single family. Except for the first (amorphic), all upper levels are represented in the present-day floras as clearly separable type-classes. They are therefore accessible to direct observations and experimental study. Extensive statistical data on flower visitors of the Ranunculaceae confirm the proposed theory of the mutual interrelationship between the evolutionary levels of flower types and sensory stages of pollinating insects. The new picture, obtained by this study, gives us a better understanding of the evolutionary relationship between insects and plants and explains the extreme diversity in the floral structure of the Ranunculaceae.
Verfasserangaben: | Elmar Emil Leppik |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-252091 |
ISSN: | 0021-0684 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch): | Iowa State journal of science |
Verlag: | Iowa State University of Science and Technology |
Verlagsort: | Ames, Iowa |
Dokumentart: | Wissenschaftlicher Artikel |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Datum der Veröffentlichung (online): | 13.07.2012 |
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 15.08.1964 |
Veröffentlichende Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 13.07.2012 |
Jahrgang: | 39 |
Ausgabe / Heft: | 1 |
Seitenzahl: | 51 |
Erste Seite: | 1 |
Letzte Seite: | 101 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 35745619X |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 58 Pflanzen (Botanik) / 580 Pflanzen (Botanik) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Weitere biologische Literatur (eingeschränkter Zugriff) |
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