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. 2019 Dec 5;2:453. doi: 10.1038/s42003-019-0697-7

Fig. 4. Traitgram showing floral shape evolution as summarized by PC1 (34.3% of variation explained).

Fig. 4

The four coloured lineages show significant shifts in floral phenotypic optima as estimated by OU-models; grey branches indicate lineages that remained within the same phenotypic optimum (adaptive plateau). Note that regime shifts for two buzz-bee species (Meriania aurata, M. sp. nov) only occurred in 35% of rarefaction cases, while all vertebrate pollinated species shifted regime more than 50% of times. Flowers of extant taxa exemplify Merianieae floral diversity: (1) Graffenrieda weddellii, (2) Meriania longifolia, (3) M. drakei, (4) M. maxima, (5) M. inflata, (6) Adelobotrys adscendens, (7) M. aurata, (8) M. radula, (9) Axinaea confusa, (10) M. loxensis, (11) A. affinis.