The sterile appendix of two sympatric Arisaema species lures each specific pollinator into deadly trap flowers.

Ecology

Center for Biodiversity, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Forest Research and Management Organization, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan.

Published: February 2021

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