Salvia Flower Lever Mechanism. It is characterized by the famous staminal lever mechanism of the flower which is one of the best known examples of. 22052007 Salvia sage Lamiaceae is an adequate model system as it is a large genus with approx.
In Salvia the two monothetic stamens are modified into levers with a. The flower of Salvia is adapted for Bee pollination. The functioning of the staminal lever mechanism is tested and pollinators of the Salvia species are observed by field investigations.
In the first phase the bee triggers the lever mechanism and the lever moves.
Both the manipulations interacted significantly with inflorescence size for the effect on female reproductive output. At point f they break away to form the main trunks of the filaments. Flower construction was experimentally manipulated by removing either the lower lever arms or the upper fertile thecae of the two stamens from a flower. Flowers of Salvia have two stamens which are epipetalous.