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- 2016
The role of pollinators in the evolution of corolla shape variation, disparity and integration in a highly diversified plant family with a conserved floral bauplanDOI: 10.1093/aob/mcv194 Keywords: corolla shape, phenotypic integration, canalization, robustness, plant–pollinator interactions, Brassicaceae, floral morphospace, geometric morphometrics, phenotypic disparity Abstract: Background and Aims Brassicaceae is one of the most diversified families in the angiosperms. However, most species from this family exhibit a very similar floral bauplan. In this study, we explore the Brassicaceae floral morphospace, examining how corolla shape variation (an estimation of developmental robustness), integration and disparity vary among phylogenetically related species. Our aim is to check whether these floral attributes have evolved in this family despite its apparent morphological conservation, and to test the role of pollinators in driving this evolution
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