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September 10, 2025Annals of Botany

Beyond the Grant–Stebbins model: floral adaptive landscapes and plant speciation

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This analysis evaluates the Grant–Stebbins model, illustrating how floral adaptive landscapes inform plant speciation.

Floral adaptation processes can be clarified using floral adaptive landscapes, highlighting diverse pollinator roles.
The framework critiques the Grant–Stebbins model, revealing its limitations in explaining floral diversity and speciation.
Adaptive landscapes illustrate how shifts in floral phenotypes occur, emphasizing adaptation to maximize fitness over pollinator effectiveness.
The study suggests that speciation is influenced by multiple niche axes, broadening the understanding of plant evolution dynamics.

Kay et al. (2025) studied this question.

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