Heliotropism in Trillium grandiflorum provides increased reproductive success
Heliotropism of flowers is thought to provide a reproductive advantage to individuals of many species; yet, there are few clear demonstrations of a fitness advantage provided by heliotropism, most of which are almost completely restricted to plants from the arctic or alpine regions where a heat gain...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/cjb-2021-0205 2023-12-17T10:25:29+01:00 Heliotropism in Trillium grandiflorum provides increased reproductive success Gradito, Maryane Fauteux, Catherine Joly, Simon 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2021-0205 https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjb-2021-0205 https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjb-2021-0205 en eng Canadian Science Publishing https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en_GB Botany volume 100, issue 8, page 643-651 ISSN 1916-2790 1916-2804 Plant Science Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 2022 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2021-0205 2023-11-19T13:39:27Z Heliotropism of flowers is thought to provide a reproductive advantage to individuals of many species; yet, there are few clear demonstrations of a fitness advantage provided by heliotropism, most of which are almost completely restricted to plants from the arctic or alpine regions where a heat gain provides an advantage to the plants. In this study, we report heliotropism in the white trillium, an early spring blooming species from the temperate forests of eastern North America. The white trillium shows horizontal seasonal heliotropism with flowers mainly facing south throughout the summer, but it also exhibits daily horizontal and vertical heliotropism with the orientation of the flower tracking the sun during the day. The study of 479 tethered plants indicated that seasonal heliotropism provides a reproductive advantage to the white trillium, with south-facing individuals showing a 12% increase in fertilized ovules compared to north-facing plants. The ecology of this long-lived perennial is, in many aspects, similar to that of alpine and arctic heliotropic species. Indeed, white trilliums are insect-pollinated and they flower when the weather is cold, before the trees leaf out. This suggests that there are potentially more species for which heliotropism is advantageous amongst early spring flowers from the temperate forest. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Arctic Botany |
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Heliotropism of flowers is thought to provide a reproductive advantage to individuals of many species; yet, there are few clear demonstrations of a fitness advantage provided by heliotropism, most of which are almost completely restricted to plants from the arctic or alpine regions where a heat gain provides an advantage to the plants. In this study, we report heliotropism in the white trillium, an early spring blooming species from the temperate forests of eastern North America. The white trillium shows horizontal seasonal heliotropism with flowers mainly facing south throughout the summer, but it also exhibits daily horizontal and vertical heliotropism with the orientation of the flower tracking the sun during the day. The study of 479 tethered plants indicated that seasonal heliotropism provides a reproductive advantage to the white trillium, with south-facing individuals showing a 12% increase in fertilized ovules compared to north-facing plants. The ecology of this long-lived perennial is, in many aspects, similar to that of alpine and arctic heliotropic species. Indeed, white trilliums are insect-pollinated and they flower when the weather is cold, before the trees leaf out. This suggests that there are potentially more species for which heliotropism is advantageous amongst early spring flowers from the temperate forest. |
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Heliotropism in Trillium grandiflorum provides increased reproductive success |
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Heliotropism in Trillium grandiflorum provides increased reproductive success |
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Heliotropism in Trillium grandiflorum provides increased reproductive success |
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Heliotropism in Trillium grandiflorum provides increased reproductive success |
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heliotropism in trillium grandiflorum provides increased reproductive success |
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