Convergent evolution of red nectar in vertebrate-pollinated flowers (PNAS)
Nesocodon mauritianus is about one out of 70 plant species that produce colored nectar. The nectar of Nesocodon starts off yellow in newly opened flowers and progresses to blood-red in color as the flowers mature. The authors showed that the red colored nectar is both visible and attractive to geckos, the presumed pollinator of this […]