Hybridization and polyploidization are important processes for plant evolution. However,
classification of hybrid or polyploid species has been notoriously difficult because of the …

Coevolution between floral traits and specific pollination behaviour is a significant
evolutionary force in angiosperm diversification. However, hybridization is also reported to …

Plant–pollinator mutualisms rely upon the synchrony of interacting taxa. Climate change can
disrupt this synchrony as phenological responses to climate vary within and across species …

Ploidy level and genome size (GS) could affect the invasive capacity of plants, although
these parameters can be contradictory. While small GS seems to favor dispersion …

Floral traits are used as signals to attract pollinators and play an important role in species
identification and isolation. Nicotiana is a genus with a diverse range of flower …

Premise of research. Polyploidy, a major evolutionary process in flowering plants, is
expected to impact floral traits, which can have cascading effects on pollination interactions …

In some cases, polyploidy is an important phenomenon in the evolution of fruit crops.
Polyploidy can be used in fruit breeding programs to develop varieties with higher yields …

Hybrid systems represent 'new ecological opportunities', as the changes in their vegetative
and reproductive traits may facilitate colonization of new niches. The Cactaceae species …

Abstract Background and Aims The entangled relationship of chromosome number and
genome size with species distribution has been the subject of study for almost a century, but …

Whole-genome duplication (WGD) is a leading force of plant sympatric speciation. However,
the evolutionary mechanisms promoting the establishment of neopolyploid mutants in nature …