Related Literature

Living Fossils

Janvier, Philippe.  (2006) Palaeontology: Modern look for ancient lamprey.  Nature 443, 921-924http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v443/n7114/full/443921a.html 

Other Fish in the Sea (website).  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/other-fish-sea.html

The Evolution of Pollination

Grimaldi, David.  (1999) The co-radiations of pollinating insects and angiosperms in the Cretaceous.  Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 86(2), 373-406

Pellmyr, O. and L. Thien.  (1986) Insect reproduction and floral fragrance: Keys to the evolution of angiosperms?  Taxon 35, 76-85

Ren, D. et al.  (2009) A probable pollination mode before angiosperms: Eurasian, long-proboscid scorpionflies.  Science 326, 840-847


Pollination Syndromes


Li, J.-K. and S.-Q. Huang.  (2009) Effective pollinators of Asian sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera): contemporary pollinators may not reflect the historical pollination syndrome. Annals of Botany 104(5): 845-851

Waser, N.M. et al.  (1996) Generalization in pollination systems, and why it matters.  Ecology 77:1043–1060.


Red Flower Guild


Thien, L.B., D.A. White, and L.Y. Yatsu.  (1983) The reproductive biology of a relict- Illicium floridanum (Ellis).  Amer. J. Bot. 70(5): 719-727


Wilson, M.F., and D.W. Schemske.  (1980) Pollinator limitation, fruit production, and floral display in pawpaw (Asimina triloba).  Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 107(3): 401-408