Pollinators, plant evolution and speciation
Like many other Australian orchids, this species (Caladenia plicata) attracts its pollinator by sexual deception. The evolution, pollination and conservation of these orchids is the subject of a multidisciplinary program based in the Division of Ecology, Evolution and Genetics.
(Image and caption: Rod Peakall).
Relevant links:
RSB Research Division:
Ecology, Evolution and Genetics
RSB Research Foci:
Evolutionary genetics and genomics
Ecology, Evolution and Genetics
RSB Research Foci:
Evolutionary genetics and genomics
