An angiosperm-wide perspective on reproductive strategiesand floral traits
A. J. Helmstetter, M. Mendez, J. Schonenberger, C. Burgarella, B. Anderson, M. v. Balthazar, S. Billiard, H. d. Boer, J. Cros, P.-A. Delecroix, M. Dufay, J. Pannell, D. Savova Bianchi, D. Schoen, M. Vallejo-Marin, , J. Kafer
The paper analyzes floral and reproductive traits across 361 flowering plant species to show that dioecy is linked to floral traits, while correlations with lifespan and dispersal are spurious.
bioRxiv · Feb 26, 2024Evolutionary Biology