Abstract Background and Aims Interspecific difference in pollinators (pollinator isolation) is
important for reproductive isolation in flowering plants. Species-specific pollination by …

The Scientific Naturalist Page 1 The sterile appendix of two sympatric Arisaema species lures
each specific pollinator into deadly trap flowers KENJI SUETSUGU ,1,5 RIKUO SATO,1 …

Premise The genus Arisaema (Araceae) has rapidly diversified in Japan, and multiple
species often coexist in the field. Although Japanese Arisaema species hybridize from …

Female individuals of the genus Arisaema are the only plants known to imprison their
pollinators permanently. Their lethal pollination system has long attracted the interest of …

Arisaema (Araceae) is one of the most species-rich plant groups in Japan, while 20 out of 64
Arisaema taxa are categorized as endangered species (CR or EN) in the Red List of Japan …

Abstract Background and Aims Not all plant–pollinator interactions are mutualistic, and in
fact deceptive pollination systems are widespread in nature. The genus Arisaema has a …

Abstract Arisaema sect. Pistillata (Araceae) is a rapidly diversifying taxon in the Japanese
archipelago. Several sympatric Arisaema species selectively attract different fungus gnats …

Despite its potential effectiveness for outcrossing, few examples of pollination via mushroom
mimicry have been reported. This may be because the conditions under which the strategy …

Effective pollinators of Arisaema nambae Kitam., endemic to western Okayama and eastern
Hiroshima prefectures, western Japan, were determined, and 113 insects from 24 spathes of …

While most flowering plants engage in mutualistic interactions with their pollinators,
Arisaema species employ a unique, seemingly antagonistic strategy by imprisoning and …