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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
卷 89, 期 10, 页码 1588-1598出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.89.10.1588
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Apiaceae; Carum carvi; dichogamy; flower phenology; nectar carbohydrates; nectar-sugar reabsorption; protandry
The dynamics of nectar production were studied in perfect florets of two varieties (Karzo, Moran) of annual caraway (Carum carvi L.. Apiaceae). Florets were protandrous and strongly dichogamous, lasting 7-15 d but producing nectar from the stylopodia for 4-12 d. in an interrupted fashion. Nectar secretion began during a floret's phase of stamen elongation and anther dehiscence. After reabsorption of uncollected nectar. at which point nectary surfaces were completely dry, the two styles elongated and a second bout of secretion commenced during the female phase, up to 5 d later, when a floret became receptive to pollination. During the male and female phases. respectively. 0.392 +/- 0.064 muL and 1.083 +/- 0.261 muL of nectar of similar solute concentration (844 mg/mL) was produced per ten florets. On a daily basis, florets yielded 1.5-fold more nectar in the female than during the male phase. First-time nectar removal throughout the female phase did not match the sum of nectar quantities from male and female phases combined, suggesting that under natural conditions, any uncollected male-phase nectar, once reabsorbed, is not made available to visitors of the same florets when in the female phase. Nectar-sugar composition differed between bouts of secretion, it was hexose-rich (59.6% fructose, 26.9% glucose. 13.6% Sucrose) initially, but hexose-dominant (70.2, 26.8, 3.1) during the female phase. A 5.7-fold difference in mean nectar production per floret occurred among plants.
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