[Pollinator] Color polymorphisms in violets

[Droege, Sam]

>From the Death of Flowers by Bryant

The wind-flower and the violet, they perished long ago,
And the brier-rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow;
But on the hill the goldenrod, and the aster in the wood,
And the yellow sunflower by the brook in autumn beauty stood,
Till fell the frost from the clear cold heaven, as falls the plague on men,
And the brightness of their smile was gone, from upland, glade, and glen.

Nice paper, interesting that you did have no A. violae...may not be common
out your way.  Andrena species when given choices as to which bowl color to
die in far prefer yellow to blue...except for A. violae which almost
exclusively dies in the later.  A. carlini is indeed a super common
generalist species.

sam

On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 4:47 PM, Peter Bernhardt <bernhap2 at slu.edu> wrote:

> Over the past four years there have been a few inquiries regarding our
> studies on the pollination ecology of two color morphs of the birds foot
> violet (Viola pedata) at our two Missouri sites.  We made the final
> transition from poster to manuscript several months ago and the paper came
> out in the "Journal of Pollination Ecology" within the last few days . The
> published version is attached. If you hear any background noise it's only
> Spencer Barrett mumbling, "Leave me alone, I'm a busy man," or Sam Droege
> asking, "What's a violet?"
>
> This one is for Dr. Frankel...
>
> "I once wore nothing but violets all through one season, as a form of
> artistic mourning  for a romance that would not die.  Ultimately, however,
> it did die.  I forget what killed it."
>
>
> Oscar Wilde, "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
>
> Sincerely,
> Peter Bernhardt, Professor of Biology
> Saint Louis University
> Research Assoc. The Missouri Botanical Gardens, Saint Louis Missouri
> Research Associate, The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, NSW
> Telephone (Office): 314 - 977 - 7152
>
>
>
>


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