自从现象在第 19 世纪被发现,有完全变态的雄蕊(heterantherous 花) 的花使许多研究人员好奇。当“在在哪个雄蕊打字的授粉的劳动分割”的思考吸引 pollinators 并且当食物和其它为安全配偶子疏开满足植物的需要,为花粉满足他们的需求,在 androecia 的词法区别被建议了。雄蕊区别的程度和模式尤其是在税之中不同 with heterantherous 花。有在三个类的完全变态的雄蕊的七种被取样从 Leguminosae 和 Melastomataceae,和 androecia,花粉内容,花粉组织化学和生存能力的词法差别,花粉微形态学,以及主要 pollinators 被检验并且比较。花粉数字在一样的花的雄蕊集合之间显著地不同在最,调查的种类,和花粉数字和花药尺寸的关联被证实。更高的花粉生存能力被发现在长(传花粉给) 番泻树 alata (L.) 的雄蕊 Roxb。并且 S。bicapsularis (L.) Roxb。双晶的花粉 exine 装饰在 Fordiophyton faberi Stapf 第一次这里被报导。耻辱的高度和处于自然条件的长雄蕊的花药尖端被证明高度被相关,支持他们联系的假设 pollinator 的身体的类似的区域。
Flowers that have heteromorphic stamens (heterantherous flowers) have intrigued many researchers ever since the phenomenon was discovered in the 19th century. The morphological differentiation in androecia has been suggested as a reflection of "labor division" in pollination in which one type of stamens attracts pollinators and satisfies their demand for pollen as food and the other satisfies the plant's need for safe gamete dispersal. The extent and patterns of stamen differentiation differ notably among taxa with heterantherous flowers. Seven species with heteromorphic stamens in three genera were sampled from Leguminosae and Melastomataceae, and the morphological difference of androecia, pollen content, pollen histochemistry and viability, pollen micro- morphology, as well as the main pollinators were examined and compared. Pollen number differs significantly between stamen sets of the same flower in most species investigated, and a correlation of pollen number and anther size was substantiated. Higher pollen viabilities were found in the long (pollinating) stamens of Senna alata (L.) Roxb. and S. bicapsularis (L.) Roxb. Dimorphic pollen exine ornamentation is reported here for the first time in Fordiophytonfaberi Stapf. The height of stigma and anther tips of the long stamens in natural conditions was proved to be highly correlated, supporting the hypothesis that they contact similar areas of the pollinator's body.