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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
Volume 96, Issue 12, Pages 2128-2154Publisher
BOTANICAL SOC AMER INC
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900122
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discovery of auxin; Fritz Muller; John Murray; pollination effects; orchid flowers; orchid seeds; resupination; rostellum
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Charles Darwin's work with orchids and his thoughts about them are of great interest and not a little pride for those who are interested in these plants, but they are generally less well known than some of his other studies and ideas. Much has been published on what led to his other books and views. However, there is a paucity Of information in the general literature on how Darwin's orchid book came about. This review will describe how The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids Are Fertilised by Insects came into being and will discuss the taxonomy of the orchids he studied. It also will concentrate on some of the less well-known aspects of Darwin's work and observations on orchids-namely, rostellum, seeds and their germination, pollination effects, and resupination-and their influence on subsequent investigators, plant physiology. and orchid science.
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