The evolution of floral traits in animal-pollinated plants involves the interaction between
flowers as signal senders and pollinators as signal receivers. Flower colors are very diverse …

Diversity and distribution of flower coloration is a puzzling topic that has been extensively
studied, with multiple hypotheses being proposed to account for the functions of coloration …

Continuous color polymorphisms can serve as a tractable model for the genetic and
developmental architecture of traits. Here we investigated continuous color variation in …

Background Anthocyanins are important contributors to coloration across a wide
phylogenetic range of plants. Biological functions of anthocyanins span from reproduction to …

Introduction Dendrobium nobile L. is a rare orchid plant with high medicinal and
ornamentalvalue, and extremely few genetic species resources are remaining in nature. In …

Abstract Background The Rhododendron sanguineum complex is endemic to alpine
mountains of northwest Yunnan and southeast Tibet of China. Varieties in this complex …

Flowers are the most commonly seen colourful elements of the natural world, and in this
primer we explain the evolution of their spectacular range of colours. To understand flower …

Although angiosperms exhibit a wide range of variability in floral traits such as shape and
size, flower color is a hallmark of angiosperm diversity. Since before Darwin's time, flower …

Ecological and evolutionary changes are likely to occur rapidly when outcrossing
populations experience pollinator loss. However, the number and identify of plant traits that …

The hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb). Ser.), an ornamental plant, has good
marketing potential and is known for its capacity to change the colour of its inflorescence …