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20195456

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-3-2
pubmed:abstractText
Flowers interact simultaneously with a variety of insect visitors, including mutualistic pollinators and antagonists such as florivores, nectar robbers and pollinator predators. The plant epidermis produces a range of structures, such as conical or papillate cells, that can help mutualists to grip the flower, while a variety of other structures, such as slippery wax crystals on the flowers or on the stems leading to them, are able to deter non-beneficial insects or behaviors. Modification of the floral surface can also aid pollination in unusual ways in some highly specialized interactions. In the case of the trap-flowers in species of Arisaema, conical cells aid pollination by being present on the spathe surface, but here they are modified in such a way as to decrease the pollinating insect's grip. We discuss a variety of these floral structural features that influence insect stability on the plant.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1942-0889
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
505-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-28
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Grip and slip: mechanical interactions between insects and the epidermis of flowers and flower stalks.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article