ReviewAnnals of botany2019
The thermal ecology of flowers.
Review in Annals of botany, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Genetic mechanisms underlying temperature-mediated changes in flower development.Journal of experimental botany · 2026Review
- The incredible vulnerability that reproduction poses for plant species in a warming world.The New phytologist · 2026Review
- Floral symmetry is associated with contrasting hydraulic strategies and trait coordination in angiosperm flowers.Plant diversity · 2026Article
- Local Trade-Offs Shape Flower Size Evolution Across Arabidopsis thaliana Distribution.Molecular ecology · 2026Article
- Morphological variation in rosette-forming plants (Hesperoyucca, Asparagaceae) along a latitudinal gradient of dry environments in the Baja California Peninsula.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2026Article
- Spectroscopic response of carotenoids in chromoplasts in sunflower inflorescence.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The adaptive role and molecular mechanism of thermoregulated corolla opening and closure in the alpine species Gentiana rigescens.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Persistent Calyx Enhances Floral Thermoregulation and Reproductive Success inPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Temperature-dependent pollinator-mediated selection on floral thermoregulation.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Temperature and the evolution of flower color: A review.American journal of botany · 2026Review
- Floral shape and color impact heat accumulation and thermal stability of the floral microenvironment in a subalpine meadow.American journal of botany · 2026Article
- Cytokinin-GLK regulatory module promotes the acquisition of photosynthetic activity and cell cycle re-entry in a green-flower mutant ofFrontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Bees, flowers and UV.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2025Review
- Tiny but significant: on the importance of thrips as pollinators.Annals of botany · 2025Review
- Subtle ecophysiological divergences in a deceptive strategy to attract the same pollinators in two sympatric Arum.Annals of botany · 2025Article
- Floral Closure in Lesser Celandine (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Calyx and Corolla as Heliocaminiform Structures Enhance the Reproductive Adaptation ofEcology and evolution · 2025Article
- Size Variation in Flower Petals of Chinese Animal-Pollinated Plants in Response to Climatic and Altitudinal Gradients.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Light Adaptations ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundObtaining an optimal flower temperature can be crucial for plant reproduction because temperature mediates flower growth and development, pollen and ovule viability, and influences pollinator visitation. The thermal ecology of flowers is an exciting, yet understudied field of plant biology. SCOPE: This review focuses on several attributes that modify exogenous heat absorption and retention in flowers. We discuss how flower shape, orientation, heliotropic movements, pubescence, coloration, opening-closing movements and endogenous heating contribute to the thermal balance of flowers. Whenever the data are available, we provide quantitative estimates of how these floral attributes contribute to heating of the flower, and ultimately plant fitness. OUTLOOK: Future research should establish form-function relationships between floral phenotypes and temperature, determine the fitness effects of the floral microclimate, and identify broad ecological correlates with heat capture mechanisms.
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