Affiliation:
1. Universidad de Sevilla
Abstract
Most heterostylous species show self- and intramorph incompatibility and models established for such taxa have traditionally been applied to the evolution of stylar dimorphism and heterostyly in Narcissus, a genus with late-acting self-incompatibility. The model of Lloyd and Webb (1992a,b) proposed that, in an approach-herkogamous ancestor, stylar dimorphism and heterostyly appeared consecutively as a result of two single mutations selected positively to enhance cross-pollination. Most polymorphic Narcissus are stylar dimorphic with two anther whorls, the lower positioned in the middle of a narrow floral tube, and style lengths that locate the stigmas above or below the low-level anthers. Here, I propose that in an ancestor with open-tubed flowers, late-acting self-incompatibility and variable style length, the narrowing of the floral tube increased self-pollination and ovule discounting in individuals with the stigma at the same height as the low-level anthers, imposing disruptive selection against this phenotype and causing the bimodal distribution of style lengths. This hypothesis stresses the need of avoiding self-interference for the selection of stylar dimorphism. It does not exclude the promotion of cross-pollination as a force for subsequent evolution of heterostyly in the genus nor the need of inter-morph pollination for the maintenance of polymorphism.
Publisher
Queen's University Library
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