Tools to Tie: Flower Characteristics, VOC Emission Profile, and Glandular Trichomes of Two Mexican Salvia Species to Attract Bees
Claudia Giuliani et al. Plants (Basel).The vegetative emission profiles were qualitatively more complex than the floral ones; however, common compounds occurring in high relative percentages were ?-caryophyllene and germacrene D. Floral bouquets were dominated by limonene and ?-pinene in S. greggii and by 1,8-cineole in S. blepharophylla.We characterized flower traits, emission profiles of constitutive compounds from flowers and leaves, micro-morphology of the glandular trichomes, and listed flower visitors of two Mexican bird-pollinated Salvia species (S. blepharophylla and S. greggii), growing in an Italian botanical garden.2020
A plant can combine physical and chemical tools to interact with other organisms.