Diversification in monkeyflowers: an investigation of the effects of elevation and floral color in the genus mimulus.

ABSTRACT: The vast diversity of floral colours in many flowering plant families, paired with the observation of preferences among pollinators, suggests that floral colour may be involved in the process of speciation in flowering plants. While transitions in floral colour have been examined in numerous genera, we have very little information on the consequences of floral colour transitions to the evolutionary success of a clade. Overlaid upon these patterns is the possibility that certain floral colours are more prevalent in certain environments, with the causes of differential diversification being more directly determined by geographical distribution. Here we examine transition rates to anthocyanin + carotenoid rich (red/orange/fuschia) flowers and examine whether red/orange flowers are associated

SUBMITTER: Ogutcen E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3913381 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature