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Evolution, pollination, and systematics of the tribeNeottieae (Orchidaceae)

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The various classifications of the orchid tribeNeottieae are reviewed and a new classification is proposed that divides the tribe into three subtribes,Neottiinae, Limodorinae, andCephalantherinae, based primarily on characters of the column (gynostemium). A cladistic analysis illustrates that these three subtribes are more closely related to one another than either is to any other group in subfam.Neottioideae, although there are very few apomorphic characters for the tribe. Pollination biology is also discussed showing links between breeding systems and distribution. There is also a possible role between column and labellum morphology and the emergence of a deceptive pollination syndrome from one of reward.

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    Pamela Burns-Balogh

  2. Department of Plant Ecology and Nature Protection, University of Gdansk, Czolgistow 46, 81-378, Gdynia, Poland

    Dariusz L. Szlachetko

  3. Institute of Evolution, Haifa University, 31 999, Mt. Carmel, Haifa, Israel

    Amots Dafni

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Burns-Balogh, P., Szlachetko, D.L. & Dafni, A. Evolution, pollination, and systematics of the tribeNeottieae (Orchidaceae). Pl Syst Evol 156, 91–115 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00937204

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