Journal
PLANT SPECIES BIOLOGY
Volume 35, Issue 3, Pages 210-223Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1442-1984.12273
Keywords
Annonaceae; Artabotrys; circadian pollinator trapping; Curculionidae; honey bee
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- Hong Kong Research Grants Council [HKU17109417]
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Artabotrys comprises a species-poor early divergent grade (EDG) and a main species-rich clade (main Artabotrys clade, MAC). All members of the MAC exhibit a remarkably well-conserved floral Bauplan characterized by a tightly enclosed floral chamber with an elaborate rim between the inner petal blade and claw. Conversely, EDG resembles the sister genus Xylopia in lacking the inner petal rim, with one species (Artabotrys brachypetalus) bearing petals that lack the distinction between blade and claw altogether. The floral phenology and pollination ecology of two exemplar species-Artabotrys brachypetalus from the EDG and Artabotrys blumei from the MAC-are compared, including assessment of effective pollinators and their activity patterns, scent chemistry and thermogenesis. Our study revealed that Artabotrys blumei exhibits abbreviated anthesis (c. 27 hr), with a floral phenology and morphology that are clearly consistent with pollinator trapping, and may be pollinated by small beetles. Artabotrys brachypetalus has a typical anthetic duration (c. 45 hr), lacks a pollinator trapping mechanism, and is pollinated by honey bees and curculionid beetles. The xylopioid traits of the EDG are likely to be plesiomorphic, whereas the tightly enclosed floral chamber is likely to be apomorphic for the MAC and functionally significant in trapping pollinators.
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