More information: Violeta Simón-Porcar et al, Convergent evolutionary patterns of heterostyly across angiosperms support the pollination-precision hypothesis, Nature Communications (2024).

Pollination is the first step of flowering plant reproduction: pollen moves from male flower parts to female flower parts, to fertilize the ovule and produce seeds.

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