Pouyannian mimicry
English edit
Etymology edit
Coined 1982 by Georges Pasteur, after Maurice-Alexandre Pouyanne, who described the behaviour in orchids in a 1916 paper.[1]
Noun edit
Pouyannian mimicry (uncountable)
- (biology, botany) A type of mimicry exhibited by some plants, whereby certain flower parts resemble a (female) potential mate for a male of a pollinator species, thus inducing pseudocopulation.
- 2017, Wiley Blevins, Ninja Plants, Lerner Publishing Group (Twenty-First Century Books), page 52,
- The plant world is full of mimics. In Pouyannian mimicry, a flower mimics a female insect to attract the right male pollinator.
- 2017, Wiley Blevins, Ninja Plants, Lerner Publishing Group (Twenty-First Century Books), page 52,
References edit
- ^ 1916, H. Correvon, M. Pouyanne, "A curious case of mimicry in Ophrys", Journal de la Société nationale d'horticulture de France, 4:29-47.
Further reading edit
Pseudocopulation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Convergent evolution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
