Although not 'a professed botanist', Charles Darwin made seminal contributions to
understanding of floral and inflorescence function while seeking evidence of adaptation by …

The cultivated strawberry, Fragaria× ananassa, is one of the youngest domesticated plants.
Its 18th century origin via hybridization in Europe between the North American F. virginiana …

A major gap in our understanding of floral evolution, especially micro‐evolutionary
processes, is the role of pollinators in generating patterns of natural selection on floral traits …

Coevolution is among the most important evolutionary processes that generate biological
diversity. Plant–pollinator interactions play a prominent role in the evolution of reproductive …

Background The 'gynodioecy–dioecy pathway'is considered to be one of the most important
evolutionary routes from hermaphroditism to separate sexes (dioecy). Despite a large …

A major transition in flowering plants has been the evolution of separate sexes (dioecy) from
combined sexes (hermaphroditism). This transition is often, but not always, accompanied by …

Indirect effects occur when the effect of one species on another is mediated by a third
species or through other links in the ecosystem. Indirect interactions are widespread in …

The number of ovules per flower varies over several orders of magnitude among
angiosperms. Here we consider evidence that stochastic uncertainty in pollen receipt and …

Intraspecific variation in resistance to herbivory among genders and life‐history phases of
primary producers can significantly alter the ecological and evolutionary consequences of …

The evolutionary transition from hermaphroditism (combined sexes) to dioecy (separate
sexes) is associated with whole genome duplication (polyploidy) in several flowering plant …