Latest / Wild Herbs with April
#38 Passionflower Floral Structure, Pollination Biology & Fruit Dispersal with Dr. Shawn Krosnick
Did you know carpenter bees can get drunk while visiting passionflowers?
In this episode of the Wild Herbs Podcast, Dr. Shawn Krosnick, a professor of biology at Tennessee Technological University, shares insights from her years of research on the genus Passiflora. She uncovers the floral anatomy of passionflower, its pollination biology, primary fruit dispersers, evolutionary relationships with other plant families, and why it holds the record for the greatest leaf shape diversity in the plant kingdom. Click here to watch this episode on YouTube!
Resources:
👉 Krosnick, S., & Moore, K…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.