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- Title
Phenotypic selection on the staminal lever mechanism in Salvia digitaloides (Labiaceae).
- Authors
Zhang, Bo; Li, Qing-Jun
- Abstract
The staminal lever mechanism of pollination in Salvia has been considered as a key innovation, which was proposed to contribute to adaptive radiation of the genus. Considering its sophisticated interaction with pollinators, we hypothesized that relevant floral traits in the lever mechanism might be subject to intense selection in natural populations. In the present study, Salvia digitaloides was employed to investigate phenotypic selection on the floral traits. The results indicated that there were large variations in the floral structural traits and spatial position of the stigma. No significant selection was detected on the plausible key trait, i.e. the stamen lever length. Strong stabilizing selection acted consistently on the size of corolla entrance; that is, the intermediate corolla entrance was at a selective advantage. Both corolla length and style exsertion were subject to opposite directional selection in both years; and corolla entrance height was subject to disruptive selection, which was attributed to divergent adaptation of the trait to different body-sized pollinators. Furthermore, correlational selection acted on a few pairs of traits which described corolla entrance size and stigma position. Flower production was consistently subject to significantly positive directional selection in both years. In conclusion, it was most likely that floral traits involved in the staminal lever mechanism evolved in a functionally integrated manner for the enhancement of pollination efficiency in the natural population of S. digitaloides.
- Subjects
PHENOTYPES; BIOLOGICAL adaptation; SALVIA; BIOLOGICAL variation; POLLINATION; POLLINATORS
- Publication
Evolutionary Ecology, 2014, Vol 28, Issue 2, p373
- ISSN
0269-7653
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10682-013-9679-2