It is estimated that around half of all species of flowering plants show self‐incompatibility
(SI). However, the great majority of species alleged to have SI simply comply with 'the …

Today it is accepted that the theories of sexual selection and sexual conflict are general and
can be applied to both animals and plants. However, potentially due to a controversial …

Sexual interference between male and female function in hermaphrodite plants is reduced
by protandry. In environments with insufficient pollinator service, prolongation of male …

Hermaphroditism can lead to both intra‐and intersexual conflict between male and female
gender functions. However, the effect that such gender conflicts have on pollination …

Abstract Background and Aims Gynodioecy, the co-occurrence of female and
hermaphroditic individuals, is thought to be an intermediate step between hermaphroditism …

Over half of angiosperms have self-incompatibility systems to avoid self-pollination and
inbreeding depression. Many members of Orchidaceae are self-compatible, but they may be …

Factors underlying the A llee effect are still heavily debated in ecology. For plants that rely
on pollinators for seed production, decreases in conspecific aggregation may reduce …

Premise Intersexual mating facilitation in flowering plants has been largely underexplored.
Duodichogamy is a rare flowering system in which individual plants flower in the sequence …

Premise of research. In hermaphroditic plants, pollen production can enhance fitness
through siring success by attracting pollen-seeking pollinators. However, pollen production …

Abstract Background and Aim In gynodioecious plants, male-sterile individuals must have a
female advantage to coexist with bisexual individuals. In European chestnuts, characterized …