floral biology

Japanese: floral biology(英語表記)floralbiology
floral biology

...There are several known examples, such as orchids, where the color of flowers and the structure of the petals and stigmas of flowers diversify into various types in response to differences in the insects that visit flowers, such as bees, flies, butterflies, moths (large and small), and beetles, even within the same genus. This type of research, which is thought to be one of the keys to clarifying the diversification of angiosperms, is called floral biology, and there are high hopes for empirical research in this field. [Iwatsuki Kunio]...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "floral biology" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…同じ属の中で,ハチ,ハエ,チョウ,ガ(大型のもの,小型のもの),甲虫など,訪花昆虫の差に対応して,花の色,花弁や柱頭などの構造がいろいろな型に多様化する例が,ランなどいくつかの例で知られている。被子植物の多様化を明らかにする鍵の一つと考えられるこの種の研究を花生物学floral biologyなどということもあり,この分野での実証的な研究が期待されている。【岩槻 邦男】。…

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