{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["27(6)"],"submitter":["Trevizan R"],"pubmed_abstract":["Fire influences plant traits in several ways, but its effects on flower polymorphisms are unknown. Distyly, a floral polymorphism with long-styled (L-styled) and short-styled (S-styled) morphs exhibiting reciprocal herkogamy and a self-incompatibility system, depends on biotic pollination for intermorph pollination and reproduction. We investigated the effects of fire on the functioning of distyly, assessing morphology, floral reward, between-morph reciprocity, and reproductive success. We studied a population of the distylous hummingbird-pollinated Palicourea rigida (Rubiaceae) in the Brazilian savanna by comparing individuals from a fire-affected area with those from a contiguous unaffected area. Fire affected some floral traits, reducing the number of inflorescences (9.4%), corollas (4."],"journal":["Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany)"],"pagination":["1035-1046"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12477302"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Investigating the effects of fire on pollinator-dependent distyly polymorphism."],"pmcid":["PMC12477302"],"pubmed_authors":["Cardoso JCF","Trevizan R","Mendes-Rodrigues C","Oliveira PE","Amorim FW","Maruyama PK"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Investigating the effects of fire on pollinator-dependent distyly polymorphism.","description":"Fire influences plant traits in several ways, but its effects on flower polymorphisms are unknown. Distyly, a floral polymorphism with long-styled (L-styled) and short-styled (S-styled) morphs exhibiting reciprocal herkogamy and a self-incompatibility system, depends on biotic pollination for intermorph pollination and reproduction. We investigated the effects of fire on the functioning of distyly, assessing morphology, floral reward, between-morph reciprocity, and reproductive success. We studied a population of the distylous hummingbird-pollinated Palicourea rigida (Rubiaceae) in the Brazilian savanna by comparing individuals from a fire-affected area with those from a contiguous unaffected area. Fire affected some floral traits, reducing the number of inflorescences (9.4%), corollas (4.","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Oct","modification":"2026-06-03T23:18:31.255Z","creation":"2026-05-03T03:10:21.833Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12477302","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40616242"],"doi":["10.1111/plb.70062"]}}