Multifunctional bracts enhance plant fitness during flowering and seed development in Rheum nobile (Polygonaceae), a giant herb endemic to the high Himalayas
Song, Bo1,2; Zhang, Zhi-Qiang1; Stoecklin, Juerg3; Yang, Yang1; Niu, Yang1; Chen, Jian-Guo1,2; Sun, Hang1
通讯作者Sun, H (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Key Lab Biodivers & Biogeog, 132 Lanhei Rd, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, Peoples R China. ; hsun@mail.kib.ac.cn
2013-06-01
发表期刊OECOLOGIA
ISSN0029-8549
卷号172期号:2页码:359-370
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Specialized bracts are thought to be important for the successful reproduction of some plants and are regarded as adaptations to diverse driving forces. However, few empirical studies have quantified the adaptive significance of bracts within a cost-benefit framework. We explored the adaptive significance of large and showy bracts for reproduction in Rheum nobile, a giant herb endemic to the high Himalayas. We examined whether the bracts enhance reproductive success during flowering and seed development. Bracts increased flower and fruit temperature on sunny days, greatly decreased the intensity of ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation reaching flowers and fruits, and prevented pollen grains being washed away by rain. Experiments indicated that high temperature could promote pollen germination, while pollen grains exposed to rain and UV-B radiation at ambient levels were seriously damaged. Furthermore, bract removal decreased the number of pollinators visiting flowers. When bracts were removed before or after flowering, fecundity and progeny quality were adversely affected, but seed predation by larvae of pollinators decreased. A cost-benefit analysis demonstrated that the cost of bracts, i.e., increased seed predation, is modest. Our results suggest that the bracts of R. nobile promote pollen germination, protect pollen grains from rain and intense UV-B radiation, enhance pollinator visitation during flowering, and facilitate the development of fertilized ovules during seed development. We conclude that multifunctional bracts of R. nobile are an effective adaptive strategy in alpine environments and might have been selected for because of abiotic environmental conditions as well as for enhancing pollination success.

关键词Abiotic Agent Floral Trait Pollen Protection Pollinator Attraction Reproductive Strategy
学科领域Ecology
收录类别SCI
语种英语
WOS记录号WOS:000319077100006
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条目标识符http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/16639
专题中国科学院东亚植物多样性与生物地理学重点实验室
作者单位1.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Key Lab Biodivers & Biogeog, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, Peoples R China
2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
3.Univ Basel, Inst Bot, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Song, Bo,Zhang, Zhi-Qiang,Stoecklin, Juerg,et al. Multifunctional bracts enhance plant fitness during flowering and seed development in Rheum nobile (Polygonaceae), a giant herb endemic to the high Himalayas[J]. OECOLOGIA,2013,172(2):359-370.
APA Song, Bo.,Zhang, Zhi-Qiang.,Stoecklin, Juerg.,Yang, Yang.,Niu, Yang.,...&Sun, Hang.(2013).Multifunctional bracts enhance plant fitness during flowering and seed development in Rheum nobile (Polygonaceae), a giant herb endemic to the high Himalayas.OECOLOGIA,172(2),359-370.
MLA Song, Bo,et al."Multifunctional bracts enhance plant fitness during flowering and seed development in Rheum nobile (Polygonaceae), a giant herb endemic to the high Himalayas".OECOLOGIA 172.2(2013):359-370.
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