| Title: |
An angiosperm‐wide perspective on reproductive strategies and floral traits |
| Authors: |
Helmstetter, Andrew; Méndez, Marcos; Schönenberger, Jürg; Burgarella, Concetta; Anderson, Bruce; von Balthazar, Maria; Billiard, Sylvain; de Boer, Hugo; Cros, Johanne; Delecroix, Pierre‐alexandre; Dufaÿ, Mathilde; Pannell, John; Savova Bianchi, Dessislava; Schoen, Daniel; Vallejo-Marin, Mario; Zenil-Ferguson, Rosana; Sauquet, Hervé; Glémin, Sylvain; Käfer, Jos |
| Contributors: |
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (UMR ISEM); Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE); Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Institut de recherche pour le développement IRD : UR226-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM); Universidad Rey Juan Carlos = Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC); Universität Wien = University of Vienna; Uppsala University; Stellenbosch University (SU); Évolution, Écologie et Paléontologie (Evo-Eco-Paleo) - UMR 8198 (Evo-Eco-Paléo (EEP)); Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); University of Oslo (UiO); Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558 (LBBE); Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL); Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution Rennes (ECOBIO); Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut Ecologie et Environnement - CNRS Ecologie et Environnement (INEE-CNRS); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE); École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE); Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD Occitanie )-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier; Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry (UMPV); Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne (UNIL); McGill University = Université McGill Montréal, Canada; University of Kentucky (UK); University of New South Wales Sydney (UNSW); Uppsala Universitet Uppsala; This research was supported by the Fondation pour la Recherche sur la Biodiversité (FRB) through the CESAB project ‘DiveRS’; the FRB, Office Français de la Biodiversité and Ministère de Transition Ecologique project ‘IndicatoRS’ and by the ANR project ‘FloweRS’ (ANR-23-CE02-0003). We thank the DiveRS members Sally Otto and Denis Roze for constructive discussions and feedback on the manuscript. We thank Nicolas Casajus, Nicolas Loiseau and Marion Chartier for advice on data analyses, Solenn Sarton for contributing data and Maud Calmet for the organization of the workshops of the DiveRS group. We thank the University of Vienna for hosting the PROTEUS database and eFLOWER server. We thank Susanne Renner and two anonymous reviewers for comments that helped to improve the manuscript.; ANR-23-CE02-0003,FloweRS,Déterminants reproducteurs du succès écologique et évolutifs des plantes à fleurs(2023) |
| Source: |
ISSN: 0028-646X. |
| Publisher Information: |
CCSD; Wiley |
| Publication Year: |
2026 |
| Subject Terms: |
functional ecology; pollination; trait evolution; mating systems; sexual systems; reproduction; floral morphology; flowering plants; [SDV.BV.BOT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics; [SDV.BDLR.RS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Reproductive Biology/Sexual reproduction |
| Description: |
International audience ; Flowering plants have many modes of sexual reproduction, notably varying from selfing to outcrossing, and from bisexual flowers to individuals with separate sexes (dioecy). These reproductive modes are associated with floral and life‐history traits that have evolved together, making it difficult to interpret correlations between traits. We analysed variation in 21 traits related to flowers, pollination, mating, sexual systems and life history from 361 species representative of flowering plant diversity. Outcrossing was mainly found among long‐lived, large‐stature plants, but hermaphroditic outcrossers and dioecious species appeared as largely nonoverlapping strategies in the trait space. Level of floral investment was the main difference between these strategies, with dioecious species having generally smaller, less rewarding flowers, a pattern that also occurred in biotically pollinated species. This multi‐trait study shows that pollination can be achieved in many, often contrasting, ways. Despite extensive variation in reproductive traits, dioecy stands out as being linked to floral traits primarily, while correlations with lifespan and dispersal traits appear spurious. We provide a conceptual framework based on lifespan, floral investment and sexual separation that can be used to integrate pollination, reproduction and plant growth in future research on plant evolution and ecology. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://doi.org/10.48579/PRO/HU3QYM; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/9882884; PUBMED: 9882884; WOS: 001667757200001 |
| DOI: |
10.1111/nph.70894 |
| Availability: |
https://hal.science/hal-05491384; https://hal.science/hal-05491384v1/document; https://hal.science/hal-05491384v1/file/manuscript-hal.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70894 |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ; info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.CB4F2ED8 |
| Database: |
BASE |