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2024

Journal article

Nectar cardenolides and floral volatiles mediate a specialized wasp pollination system.

Specialization in plant pollination systems can arise from traits that function as filters of flower visitors. This may involve chemical traits such as floral volatiles that selectively attract favoured visitors and non-volatile nectar constituents that selectively deter disfavoured visitors through taste or longer-term toxic effects or both. We explored the...

Burger, Hannah ; Buttala, Samantha ; Koch, Hauke ; Ayasse, Manfred ; Johnson, Steven D. …
Apocynaceae, Nectar chemistry, Cardenolides, Toxins, Floral scent, Wasp flower, Floral volatiles, Acetic acid, and Wasp pollination
2016

Journal article

Plant toxin levels in nectar vary spatially across native and introduced populations.

Egan, Paul A. ; Stevenson, Philip C. ; Tiedeken, Erin Jo ; Wright, Geraldine A. ; Boylan, Fabio …
Grayanotoxins, Spatial variation, Invasion ecology, Pollination, Chemical defence, Plant–herbivore interactions, and Nectar chemistry