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Image Title: Flowers of the orchid Disa uniflora are pollinated exclusively by the Mountain Pride butterfly (Meneris tulbaghia: Salyrinae)
Image Credit: Steve Johnson, University of Natal
AJB Editor: Karl Niklas, Cornell University
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Flowers of the orchid Disa uniflora are pollinated exclusively by the Mountain Pride butterfly (Meneris tulbaghia: Salyrinae). The genus Disa has undergone spectacular adaptive radiation in southern Africa. Phylogenetic analysis shows that shifts from one pollination system to another have been a major feature of evolutionary diversification in this genus.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

Phylogeny and radiation of pollination systems in Disa (Orchidaceae)

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