Floral Scent, Phylogenetics and Pollination Ecology
Balbuena, M-S., S.L. Buchmann, D.R. Papaj, R.A. Raguso. 2024. Conventional or index signals? Floral
scent composition in Krameria plants pollinated by specialized oil-collecting bees. Phytochemistry 218:
113937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2023.113937
Overson, R.P., M.G. Johnson, L.L. Bechen, S.P. Kinosian, N.A. Douglans, J.B. Fant, P.C. Hoch, R.A.
Levin, M.J. Moore, R.A. Raguso, W.L. Wagner, K.A. Skogen, N.J. Wickett. 2023. A phylogeny of the
evening primrose family (Onagraceae) using a target enrichment approach with 303 nuclear loci. BMC
Ecology & Evolution (2023) 23:66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-023-02151-9
Diaz-Martin, Z., A. Cisternas-Fuentes, K.M. Kay, R.A. Raguso, K.A. Skogen, J.B. Fant. 2023. Shifts in
reproductive strategies and their consequences for gene flow and genetic diversity. Heredity
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-023-00649-y
Kantsa, A., R.A. Raguso, T. Petanidou. 2023. Intrafloral variation of color and scent in Capparis spinosa
reveals the ghosts of selection past. American Journal of Botany 110: e116098.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16098
Cooper, B.J., M.J. Moore, N.A. Douglas, W.L. Wagner, M.G. Johnson, R.P. Overson, S.P. Kinosian, A.J.
McDonnell, R.A. Levin, R.A. Raguso, H. Flores Olvera, H. Ochoterena, J.B. Fant, K.A. Skogen, N.J.
Wickett. 2023. Target enrichment and extensive population sampling help untangle the recent, rapid
radiation of Oenothera section Calylophus. Systematic Biology 72: 249-263
https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syac032
Skogen, K.A., T. Jogesh, E.T. Hilpman, S.L. Todd, R.A. Raguso. 2022. Extensive population-level
sampling reveals clinal variation in (R)(-)-linalool produced by the flowers of an endemic evening
primrose, Oenothera harringtonii. Phytochemistry 200: 113185.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2022.113185
Campbell, D.R., M. Bischoff, R.A. Raguso, H. Briggs, P. Sosenski. 2022. Selection of floral traits by
pollinators and seed predators during sequential life history stages. American Naturalist 199: 808-823.
https://doi.org/10.1086/716740
Campbell, D.R., R.A. Raguso, M. Midzik, M. Bischoff, G.T. Broadhead. 2022. Genetic and spatial variation
in vegetative and floral traits across a hybrid zone. American Journal of Botany 109: 1780-1793.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16067
Eisen, K.E., M.A. Geber, R.A. Raguso. 2022. Emission rates of species-specific volatiles vary across
communities of Clarkia species: evidence for multi-modal character displacement. American Naturalist
199: 824-840.
https://doi.org/10.1086/715501
Eisen, K.E., R. Ma, R.A. Raguso. 2022. Among- and within-population variation in floral morphology and
scent in a hawkmoth pollinated plant. American Journal of Botany109: 1794-1810.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16030
Cisternas-Fuentes, A., J. Jogesh, G.T. Broadhead, R.A. Raguso, K.A. Skogen, J.B. Fant. 2022. Evolution of
selfing syndrome and its influence on genetic diversity and inbreeding: a range-wide study in Oenothera
primiveris (Onagraceae). American Journal of Botany 109: 789-805.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1861
Patsis, A., Overson, R.P., Skogen, K.A., Wickett, N.J., Johnson, M.G., Wagner, W.L., Raguso, R.A., Fant,
J.B., R.A. Levin. 2021. Elucidating the evolutionary history of Oenothera sect. Pachylophus
(Onagraceae): a phylogenomic approach. Systematic Botany 46: 799-811.
https://doi.org/10.1600/036364421X16312067913471
Moré, M., F. Soteras, A.C. Ibañez, S. Dötterl, A.A. Cocucci, R.A. Raguso. 2021. Floral scent evolution in
the genus Jaborosa (Solanaceae): influence of ecological and environmental factors. Plants 10: 1512.
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10081512
Parra-Tabla, V., C. Alonso, T.L. Ashman, R.A. Raguso, C. Albor, P. Sosenski, D. Carmona, G. Arceo-
Gómez. 2021. Pollen transfer networks reveal alien species as main heterospecific pollen donors with
fitness consequences for natives. Journal of Ecology 109: 939-951.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13520
Barbosa, C.M, A.C.D. Maia, C. Martel, J.C.S. Regueira, D.M.A.F. Navarro, R.A. Raguso, P. Milet-
Pinheiro, I.C. Machado. 2021. Reproductive biology of Syagrus coronata (Arecaceae): sex-biased insect
visitation and the unusual case of scent emission by peduncular bracts. Plant Biology 23: 100-110.
https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13162
Moré, M., A.C. Ibañez, M.E. Drewniak, A.A. Cocucci, R.A. Raguso. 2020. Flower diversification across
“pollinator climates”: sensory aspects of corolla color evolution in the florally diverse South American
genus Jaborosa (Solanaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 1869.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.601975
Bruzzese, D.J., D.L. Wagner, T. Harrison, T. Jogesh, R.P. Overson, N.J. Wickett, R.A. Raguso, K.A.
Skogen. 2019. Phylogeny, host use and diversification in the microlepidopteran family Momphidae
(Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). PLOS-ONE 14(6): e0207833.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207833
Kantsa, A., R.A. Raguso, T. Lekkas, O-I. Kalantzi, T. Petanidou. 2019. Floral volatiles and visitors: a meta-
network of associations in a natural community. Journal of Ecology 107: 2574-2586.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13197
Friberg, M., C. Schwind, P.R. Guimarães, R.A. Raguso, J.N. Thompson. 2019. Extreme diversification of
floral volatiles within and among species of Lithophragma (Saxifragaceae). Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, USA 116: 4406-4415.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1809007116
Kay, K.M., A.M. Zepeda, R.A. Raguso. 2019. Experimental sympatry reveals geographic variation in floral
isolation by hawkmoths. Annals of Botany 123: 405-413.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcy143
Moré, M., P. Mulieri, M. Battán-Horenstein, A.A. Cocucci, R.A. Raguso. 2019. The role of fetid olfactory
signals in the shift to saprophilous fly pollination in Jaborosa (Solanaceae). Arthropod-Plant
Interactions 13: 375-386.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-018-9640-y
Pisano, A., M. Moré, M.A. Cisternas, R.A. Raguso, S. Benitez-Vieyra. 2019. Breakdown of species
boundaries in Mandevilla: floral morphological intermediacy, novel fragrances and asymmetric pollen
flow. Plant Biology 21: 206-215.
https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.12924
Kantsa, A, R.A. Raguso, A.G. Dyer, J.M. Olesen, T. Tscheulin, T. Petanidou. 2018. Disentangling the role
of floral sensory diversity in pollination networks. Nature Communications 9: 1-13.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-03448-w
Jogesh, T., R.P. Overson, R.A. Raguso, K.A. Skogen. 2017. Herbivory as an important selective force in
the evolution of floral traits and pollinator shifts. AoB PLANTS 9: plw088
https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plw088
Martin, K.R., M. Moré, J. Hipólito, S. Charlemagne, B.O. Schlumpberger, R.A. Raguso. 2017. Spatial and
temporal variation in volatile composition suggests olfactory division of labor within the trap flowers of
Aristolochia gigantea. Flora 232: 153-168.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2016.09.005
Johnson, S.D., M. Moré, F.W. Amorim, W.A. Haber, G.W. Frankie, D.A. Stanley, A.A. Cocucci, R.A.
Raguso. 2017. The long and the short of it: a global analysis of hawkmoth pollination niches and
interaction networks. Functional Ecology 31: 101-115.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12753
Lim, G.S., R.A. Raguso. 2017. Floral visitation, pollen removal and pollen transport of Tacca cristata Jack
(Dioscoreaceae) by female ceratopogonid midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). International Journal of
Plant Science 178: 341-351.
https://doi.org/10.1086/691696
Kantsa, A, R.A. Raguso, A.G. Dyer, S.P. Sgardelis, J.M. Olesen, T. Petanidou. 2017. Community-wide
integration of floral colour and scent in a Mediterranean scrubland. Nature Ecol. & Evolution 1: 1502.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0298-0
Svensson, G.P., R.A. Raguso, R. Flatz, C.I. Smith. 2016. Floral scent of Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia
sensu lato): divergence in scent profiles between species but breakdown of signal integrity in a narrow
hybrid zone. American Journal of Botany 103: 1-10.
https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1600033
Arceo-Gomez, G., R. A. Raguso, M.A. Geber. 2016. Can plants evolve tolerance mechanisms to
heterospecific pollen effects? An experimental test of the adaptive potential in Clarkia species.
Oikos 125: 718-725.
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.02594
Johnson, S.D., R.A. Raguso. 2016. The long-tongued hawkmoth pollinator niche for native and invasive
plants in Africa. Annals of Botany 117: 25-36.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcv137
Burdon, R.C.F., R.A. Raguso, A. Kessler, A.L. Parachnowitsch. 2015. Spatiotemporal floral scent
variation of Penstemon digitalis. Journal of Chemical Ecology 41: 641-650.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-015-0599-1
Summers, H.E., S.M. Hartwick, R.A. Raguso. 2015. Geographic variation in floral allometry suggests
repeated transitions between selfing and outcrossing in a mixed mating plant. American Journal of
Botany 102: 745-757.
https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1500110
Majetic, C.J., S.D. Wiggam, C.J. Ferguson, R.A. Raguso. 2015. Timing is everything: temporal variation in
floral scent and its connections to pollinator behavior and female reproductive success in Phlox
divaricata. American Midlands Naturalist 173: 191-207.
https://doi.org/10.1674/amid-173-02-191-207.1
Bischoff, M., R.A. Raguso, A. Jürgens, D.R. Campbell. 2015. Context-dependent reproductive isolation
mediated by floral scent and color. Evolution 69: 1-13.
https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12558
Majetic, C.J., D.A. Levin, R.A. Raguso. 2014. Divergence in floral scent profiles among and within
cultivated species of Phlox. Scientia Horticulturae 172: 285–291.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2014.04.024
Edens-Meier, R., R.A. Raguso, E. Westhus, P. Bernhardt. 2014. Floral fraudulence: do blue Thelymitra
species (Orchidaceae) mimic Orthrosanthus laxus (Iridaceae)? Telopea 17: 15-28.
https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea20147392
Miller, T.J., R.A. Raguso, K.M. Kay. 2014. Novel acquisition of hawkmoth pollinators in Clarkia reduces
efficiency, not attraction, of diurnal visitors. Annals of Botany 113: 317–329.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mct237
Doubleday, L.A., R.A. Raguso, C.G. Eckert. 2013. Dramatic vestigialization of floral fragrance across a
transition from outcrossing to selfing in Abronia umbellata (Nyctaginaceae). American Journal of
Botany 100: 1-13.
https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1300159
Friberg, M., C. Schwind, R.A. Raguso, J.N. Thompson. 2013. Extreme divergence in floral scent among
woodland star species (Lithophragma) pollinated by floral parasites. Annals of Botany 111: 539-550.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mct007
Steenhuisen, S-L., R.A. Raguso, S.D. Johnson. 2012. Floral scent in bird- and beetle-pollinated Protea
species (Proteaceae): Chemistry, emission rates and function. Phytochemistry 74: 78-87.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.08.012
Parachnowitsch, A.L., R.A. Raguso, A. Kessler. 2012. Phenotypic selection to increase floral scent
emission, but not flower size or colour in bee-pollinated Penstemon digitalis. New Phytologist 195: 667-
675.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04188.x
Becklin, K.M., G. Gamez, B. Uelk, R.A. Raguso, C. Galen. 2011. Mycorrhizae mediate host plant
reproduction through effects on floral signals, pollinator rewards and behavior of floral visitors.
American Journal of Botany 98: 1299–1308.
https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1000450
Steenhuisen, S-L., R.A. Raguso, A. Jürgens, S.D. Johnson. 2010. Spatial patterns and developmental
differences of scent emission in flowerheads of beetle-pollinated Protea species (Proteaceae). South
African Journal of Botany 76: 779-787.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2010.08.008
Majetic, C.J., M.D. Rausher, R.A. Raguso. 2010. The pigment-scent connection: do mutations in
regulatory vs. structural anthocyanin genes differentially alter floral scent production in Ipomoea
purpurea? South African Journal of Botany 76: 632-642.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2010.07.006
Artz, D.R., C.A. Villagra, R.A. Raguso. 2010. Spatiotemporal variation in the reproductive ecology of two
parapatric subspecies of Oenothera cespitosa (Onagraceae). American Journal of Botany 97: 1498-1510.
https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1000086
Jofre, J., F. Massardo, R. Rozzi, B. Goffinet, P. Marino, RA. Raguso, N.P. Navarro. 2010. Fenología
reproductiva del musgo Tayloria dubyi en las turberas dela Reserva de Biosfera Cabo de Hornos.
Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 83: 195-206.
http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0716-078X2010000100012
Goodrich, K.R., R.A. Raguso. 2009. The olfactory component of floral display in Asimina and
Deeringothamnus (Annonaceae). New Phytologist 183: 457-469.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02868.x
Schlumpberger, B.O., A.A. Cocucci, M. Moré, A. Sércic, R.A. Raguso. 2009. Extreme variation in floral
characters and its consequences for pollinator attraction among populations of an Andean cactus. Annals
of Botany 103: 1489-1500.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcp075
Marino, P., R.A. Raguso, B. Goffinet. 2009. The ecology and evolution of fly-dispersed dung mosses
(Splachnaceae): manipulating insect behaviour through odour and visual cues. Symbiosis 47: 61-76.
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03182289
Chess, S.K.R., R.A. Raguso, G. LeBuhn. 2008. Geographic divergence in floral morphology and scent in
Linanthus dichotomus (Polemoniaceae). American Journal of Botany 95: 1652-1659.
https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.0800118
Majetic, C.J., R.A. Raguso, T.-L. Ashman. 2008. The impact of biochemistry vs. population membership
on floral scent profiles in colour polymorphic Hesperis matronalis. Annals of Botany 102: 911-922.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcn181
Theis, N., M. Lerdau, R.A. Raguso. 2007. The challenge of attracting pollinators while evading floral
herbivores: Patterns of fragrance emission in Cirsium arvense and Cirsium repandum (Asteraceae).
International Journal of Plant Science 168: 587-601.
https://doi.org/10.1086/513481
Majetic, C.J., R.A. Raguso, S.J. Tonsor, T.L. Ashman. 2007. Flower color-flower scent associations in
polymorphic Hesperis matronalis (Brassicaceae). Phytochemistry 68: 865-874.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.12.009
Raguso, R.A., A. Kelber, M. Pfaff, R.A. Levin, L.A. McDade. 2007. Floral biology of North American
Oenothera sect. Lavauxia (Onagraceae): Advertisements, rewards and extreme variation in floral depth.
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94: 236-257.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40035498
Svensson, G.P., O. Pellmyr, R.A. Raguso. 2006. Strong conservation of floral scent composition in two
allopatric Yuccas. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32: 2657-2665.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-006-9189-6
Raguso, R.A., B.O. Schlumpberger, R.L. Kaczorowski, T.P. Holtsford. 2006. Phylogenetic fragrance
patterns in Nicotiana sections Alatae and Suaveolentes. Phytochemistry 67: 1931-1942.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.05.038
Goodrich, K.R., M.L. Zjhra, C.A. Ley, R.A. Raguso. 2006. When flowers smell fermented: the chemistry
and ontogeny of yeasty floral scent in pawpaw (Asimina triloba: Annonaceae). International Journal of
Plant Science 167: 33-46.
https://doi.org/10.1086/498351
Theis, N., R.A. Raguso. 2005. The effect of pollination on floral fragrance in thistles (Cirsium, Asteraceae). Journal of Chemical
Ecology 31: 2581-2600.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-005-7615-9
Svensson, G.P., M.O. Hickman, S. Bartram, W. Boland, O. Pellmyr, R.A. Raguso. 2005. Chemistry and
geographic variation of floral scent in Yucca filamentosa (Agavaceae). American Journal of Botany 92:
1624-1631.
https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.92.10.1624
Knudsen, J.T., L. Tollsten, I. Groth, L.G. Bergström, R.A. Raguso. 2004. Trends of floral scent in
pollination syndromes: Hummingbird pollinated plants. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 46:
191-199.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00329.x
Raguso, R.A., C. Henzel, S.L. Buchmann, G.P. Nabhan. 2003. Trumpet flowers of the Sonoran
Desert: Floral biology of Peniocereus cacti and Sacred Datura. International Journal of
Plant Biology 164: 877-892.
https://doi.org/10.1086/378539
Levin, R.A., L.A. McDade, R.A. Raguso. 2003. The systematic utility of floral and vegetative
fragrance in two genera of Nyctaginaceae. Systematic Biology 52: 334-351.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150390196975
Raguso, R.A., R. A. Levin, S.E. Foose, M.W. Holmberg, L.A. McDade. 2003. Fragrance chemistry,
nocturnal rhythms and pollination “syndromes” in Nicotiana. Phytochemistry 63: 265-284.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00113-4
Levin, R.A., R.A. Raguso, L.A. McDade. 2001. Fragrance chemistry and pollinator affinities in
Nyctaginaceae. Phytochemistry 58: 429-440.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(01)00257-6
Raguso, R.A., B. Roy. 1998. “Floral” scent production by Puccinia rust fungi that mimic flowers.
Molecular Ecology 7: 1127-1136.
https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00426.x
Raguso, R.A., E. Pichersky. 1995. Floral volatiles of Clarkia breweri and C. concinna (Onagraceae):
recent evolution of floral aroma and moth pollination. Plant Systematics and Evolution 194: 55-67.
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00983216
Balbuena, M-S., S.L. Buchmann, D.R. Papaj, R.A. Raguso. 2024. Conventional or index signals? Floral
scent composition in Krameria plants pollinated by specialized oil-collecting bees. Phytochemistry 218:
113937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2023.113937
Overson, R.P., M.G. Johnson, L.L. Bechen, S.P. Kinosian, N.A. Douglans, J.B. Fant, P.C. Hoch, R.A.
Levin, M.J. Moore, R.A. Raguso, W.L. Wagner, K.A. Skogen, N.J. Wickett. 2023. A phylogeny of the
evening primrose family (Onagraceae) using a target enrichment approach with 303 nuclear loci. BMC
Ecology & Evolution (2023) 23:66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-023-02151-9
Diaz-Martin, Z., A. Cisternas-Fuentes, K.M. Kay, R.A. Raguso, K.A. Skogen, J.B. Fant. 2023. Shifts in
reproductive strategies and their consequences for gene flow and genetic diversity. Heredity
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-023-00649-y
Kantsa, A., R.A. Raguso, T. Petanidou. 2023. Intrafloral variation of color and scent in Capparis spinosa
reveals the ghosts of selection past. American Journal of Botany 110: e116098.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16098
Cooper, B.J., M.J. Moore, N.A. Douglas, W.L. Wagner, M.G. Johnson, R.P. Overson, S.P. Kinosian, A.J.
McDonnell, R.A. Levin, R.A. Raguso, H. Flores Olvera, H. Ochoterena, J.B. Fant, K.A. Skogen, N.J.
Wickett. 2023. Target enrichment and extensive population sampling help untangle the recent, rapid
radiation of Oenothera section Calylophus. Systematic Biology 72: 249-263
https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syac032
Skogen, K.A., T. Jogesh, E.T. Hilpman, S.L. Todd, R.A. Raguso. 2022. Extensive population-level
sampling reveals clinal variation in (R)(-)-linalool produced by the flowers of an endemic evening
primrose, Oenothera harringtonii. Phytochemistry 200: 113185.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2022.113185
Campbell, D.R., M. Bischoff, R.A. Raguso, H. Briggs, P. Sosenski. 2022. Selection of floral traits by
pollinators and seed predators during sequential life history stages. American Naturalist 199: 808-823.
https://doi.org/10.1086/716740
Campbell, D.R., R.A. Raguso, M. Midzik, M. Bischoff, G.T. Broadhead. 2022. Genetic and spatial variation
in vegetative and floral traits across a hybrid zone. American Journal of Botany 109: 1780-1793.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16067
Eisen, K.E., M.A. Geber, R.A. Raguso. 2022. Emission rates of species-specific volatiles vary across
communities of Clarkia species: evidence for multi-modal character displacement. American Naturalist
199: 824-840.
https://doi.org/10.1086/715501
Eisen, K.E., R. Ma, R.A. Raguso. 2022. Among- and within-population variation in floral morphology and
scent in a hawkmoth pollinated plant. American Journal of Botany109: 1794-1810.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16030
Cisternas-Fuentes, A., J. Jogesh, G.T. Broadhead, R.A. Raguso, K.A. Skogen, J.B. Fant. 2022. Evolution of
selfing syndrome and its influence on genetic diversity and inbreeding: a range-wide study in Oenothera
primiveris (Onagraceae). American Journal of Botany 109: 789-805.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1861
Patsis, A., Overson, R.P., Skogen, K.A., Wickett, N.J., Johnson, M.G., Wagner, W.L., Raguso, R.A., Fant,
J.B., R.A. Levin. 2021. Elucidating the evolutionary history of Oenothera sect. Pachylophus
(Onagraceae): a phylogenomic approach. Systematic Botany 46: 799-811.
https://doi.org/10.1600/036364421X16312067913471
Moré, M., F. Soteras, A.C. Ibañez, S. Dötterl, A.A. Cocucci, R.A. Raguso. 2021. Floral scent evolution in
the genus Jaborosa (Solanaceae): influence of ecological and environmental factors. Plants 10: 1512.
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10081512
Parra-Tabla, V., C. Alonso, T.L. Ashman, R.A. Raguso, C. Albor, P. Sosenski, D. Carmona, G. Arceo-
Gómez. 2021. Pollen transfer networks reveal alien species as main heterospecific pollen donors with
fitness consequences for natives. Journal of Ecology 109: 939-951.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13520
Barbosa, C.M, A.C.D. Maia, C. Martel, J.C.S. Regueira, D.M.A.F. Navarro, R.A. Raguso, P. Milet-
Pinheiro, I.C. Machado. 2021. Reproductive biology of Syagrus coronata (Arecaceae): sex-biased insect
visitation and the unusual case of scent emission by peduncular bracts. Plant Biology 23: 100-110.
https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13162
Moré, M., A.C. Ibañez, M.E. Drewniak, A.A. Cocucci, R.A. Raguso. 2020. Flower diversification across
“pollinator climates”: sensory aspects of corolla color evolution in the florally diverse South American
genus Jaborosa (Solanaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 1869.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.601975
Bruzzese, D.J., D.L. Wagner, T. Harrison, T. Jogesh, R.P. Overson, N.J. Wickett, R.A. Raguso, K.A.
Skogen. 2019. Phylogeny, host use and diversification in the microlepidopteran family Momphidae
(Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). PLOS-ONE 14(6): e0207833.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207833
Kantsa, A., R.A. Raguso, T. Lekkas, O-I. Kalantzi, T. Petanidou. 2019. Floral volatiles and visitors: a meta-
network of associations in a natural community. Journal of Ecology 107: 2574-2586.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13197
Friberg, M., C. Schwind, P.R. Guimarães, R.A. Raguso, J.N. Thompson. 2019. Extreme diversification of
floral volatiles within and among species of Lithophragma (Saxifragaceae). Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, USA 116: 4406-4415.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1809007116
Kay, K.M., A.M. Zepeda, R.A. Raguso. 2019. Experimental sympatry reveals geographic variation in floral
isolation by hawkmoths. Annals of Botany 123: 405-413.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcy143
Moré, M., P. Mulieri, M. Battán-Horenstein, A.A. Cocucci, R.A. Raguso. 2019. The role of fetid olfactory
signals in the shift to saprophilous fly pollination in Jaborosa (Solanaceae). Arthropod-Plant
Interactions 13: 375-386.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-018-9640-y
Pisano, A., M. Moré, M.A. Cisternas, R.A. Raguso, S. Benitez-Vieyra. 2019. Breakdown of species
boundaries in Mandevilla: floral morphological intermediacy, novel fragrances and asymmetric pollen
flow. Plant Biology 21: 206-215.
https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.12924
Kantsa, A, R.A. Raguso, A.G. Dyer, J.M. Olesen, T. Tscheulin, T. Petanidou. 2018. Disentangling the role
of floral sensory diversity in pollination networks. Nature Communications 9: 1-13.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-03448-w
Jogesh, T., R.P. Overson, R.A. Raguso, K.A. Skogen. 2017. Herbivory as an important selective force in
the evolution of floral traits and pollinator shifts. AoB PLANTS 9: plw088
https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plw088
Martin, K.R., M. Moré, J. Hipólito, S. Charlemagne, B.O. Schlumpberger, R.A. Raguso. 2017. Spatial and
temporal variation in volatile composition suggests olfactory division of labor within the trap flowers of
Aristolochia gigantea. Flora 232: 153-168.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2016.09.005
Johnson, S.D., M. Moré, F.W. Amorim, W.A. Haber, G.W. Frankie, D.A. Stanley, A.A. Cocucci, R.A.
Raguso. 2017. The long and the short of it: a global analysis of hawkmoth pollination niches and
interaction networks. Functional Ecology 31: 101-115.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12753
Lim, G.S., R.A. Raguso. 2017. Floral visitation, pollen removal and pollen transport of Tacca cristata Jack
(Dioscoreaceae) by female ceratopogonid midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). International Journal of
Plant Science 178: 341-351.
https://doi.org/10.1086/691696
Kantsa, A, R.A. Raguso, A.G. Dyer, S.P. Sgardelis, J.M. Olesen, T. Petanidou. 2017. Community-wide
integration of floral colour and scent in a Mediterranean scrubland. Nature Ecol. & Evolution 1: 1502.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0298-0
Svensson, G.P., R.A. Raguso, R. Flatz, C.I. Smith. 2016. Floral scent of Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia
sensu lato): divergence in scent profiles between species but breakdown of signal integrity in a narrow
hybrid zone. American Journal of Botany 103: 1-10.
https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1600033
Arceo-Gomez, G., R. A. Raguso, M.A. Geber. 2016. Can plants evolve tolerance mechanisms to
heterospecific pollen effects? An experimental test of the adaptive potential in Clarkia species.
Oikos 125: 718-725.
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.02594
Johnson, S.D., R.A. Raguso. 2016. The long-tongued hawkmoth pollinator niche for native and invasive
plants in Africa. Annals of Botany 117: 25-36.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcv137
Burdon, R.C.F., R.A. Raguso, A. Kessler, A.L. Parachnowitsch. 2015. Spatiotemporal floral scent
variation of Penstemon digitalis. Journal of Chemical Ecology 41: 641-650.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-015-0599-1
Summers, H.E., S.M. Hartwick, R.A. Raguso. 2015. Geographic variation in floral allometry suggests
repeated transitions between selfing and outcrossing in a mixed mating plant. American Journal of
Botany 102: 745-757.
https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1500110
Majetic, C.J., S.D. Wiggam, C.J. Ferguson, R.A. Raguso. 2015. Timing is everything: temporal variation in
floral scent and its connections to pollinator behavior and female reproductive success in Phlox
divaricata. American Midlands Naturalist 173: 191-207.
https://doi.org/10.1674/amid-173-02-191-207.1
Bischoff, M., R.A. Raguso, A. Jürgens, D.R. Campbell. 2015. Context-dependent reproductive isolation
mediated by floral scent and color. Evolution 69: 1-13.
https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12558
Majetic, C.J., D.A. Levin, R.A. Raguso. 2014. Divergence in floral scent profiles among and within
cultivated species of Phlox. Scientia Horticulturae 172: 285–291.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2014.04.024
Edens-Meier, R., R.A. Raguso, E. Westhus, P. Bernhardt. 2014. Floral fraudulence: do blue Thelymitra
species (Orchidaceae) mimic Orthrosanthus laxus (Iridaceae)? Telopea 17: 15-28.
https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea20147392
Miller, T.J., R.A. Raguso, K.M. Kay. 2014. Novel acquisition of hawkmoth pollinators in Clarkia reduces
efficiency, not attraction, of diurnal visitors. Annals of Botany 113: 317–329.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mct237
Doubleday, L.A., R.A. Raguso, C.G. Eckert. 2013. Dramatic vestigialization of floral fragrance across a
transition from outcrossing to selfing in Abronia umbellata (Nyctaginaceae). American Journal of
Botany 100: 1-13.
https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1300159
Friberg, M., C. Schwind, R.A. Raguso, J.N. Thompson. 2013. Extreme divergence in floral scent among
woodland star species (Lithophragma) pollinated by floral parasites. Annals of Botany 111: 539-550.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mct007
Steenhuisen, S-L., R.A. Raguso, S.D. Johnson. 2012. Floral scent in bird- and beetle-pollinated Protea
species (Proteaceae): Chemistry, emission rates and function. Phytochemistry 74: 78-87.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.08.012
Parachnowitsch, A.L., R.A. Raguso, A. Kessler. 2012. Phenotypic selection to increase floral scent
emission, but not flower size or colour in bee-pollinated Penstemon digitalis. New Phytologist 195: 667-
675.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04188.x
Becklin, K.M., G. Gamez, B. Uelk, R.A. Raguso, C. Galen. 2011. Mycorrhizae mediate host plant
reproduction through effects on floral signals, pollinator rewards and behavior of floral visitors.
American Journal of Botany 98: 1299–1308.
https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1000450
Steenhuisen, S-L., R.A. Raguso, A. Jürgens, S.D. Johnson. 2010. Spatial patterns and developmental
differences of scent emission in flowerheads of beetle-pollinated Protea species (Proteaceae). South
African Journal of Botany 76: 779-787.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2010.08.008
Majetic, C.J., M.D. Rausher, R.A. Raguso. 2010. The pigment-scent connection: do mutations in
regulatory vs. structural anthocyanin genes differentially alter floral scent production in Ipomoea
purpurea? South African Journal of Botany 76: 632-642.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2010.07.006
Artz, D.R., C.A. Villagra, R.A. Raguso. 2010. Spatiotemporal variation in the reproductive ecology of two
parapatric subspecies of Oenothera cespitosa (Onagraceae). American Journal of Botany 97: 1498-1510.
https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1000086
Jofre, J., F. Massardo, R. Rozzi, B. Goffinet, P. Marino, RA. Raguso, N.P. Navarro. 2010. Fenología
reproductiva del musgo Tayloria dubyi en las turberas dela Reserva de Biosfera Cabo de Hornos.
Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 83: 195-206.
http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0716-078X2010000100012
Goodrich, K.R., R.A. Raguso. 2009. The olfactory component of floral display in Asimina and
Deeringothamnus (Annonaceae). New Phytologist 183: 457-469.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02868.x
Schlumpberger, B.O., A.A. Cocucci, M. Moré, A. Sércic, R.A. Raguso. 2009. Extreme variation in floral
characters and its consequences for pollinator attraction among populations of an Andean cactus. Annals
of Botany 103: 1489-1500.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcp075
Marino, P., R.A. Raguso, B. Goffinet. 2009. The ecology and evolution of fly-dispersed dung mosses
(Splachnaceae): manipulating insect behaviour through odour and visual cues. Symbiosis 47: 61-76.
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03182289
Chess, S.K.R., R.A. Raguso, G. LeBuhn. 2008. Geographic divergence in floral morphology and scent in
Linanthus dichotomus (Polemoniaceae). American Journal of Botany 95: 1652-1659.
https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.0800118
Majetic, C.J., R.A. Raguso, T.-L. Ashman. 2008. The impact of biochemistry vs. population membership
on floral scent profiles in colour polymorphic Hesperis matronalis. Annals of Botany 102: 911-922.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcn181
Theis, N., M. Lerdau, R.A. Raguso. 2007. The challenge of attracting pollinators while evading floral
herbivores: Patterns of fragrance emission in Cirsium arvense and Cirsium repandum (Asteraceae).
International Journal of Plant Science 168: 587-601.
https://doi.org/10.1086/513481
Majetic, C.J., R.A. Raguso, S.J. Tonsor, T.L. Ashman. 2007. Flower color-flower scent associations in
polymorphic Hesperis matronalis (Brassicaceae). Phytochemistry 68: 865-874.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.12.009
Raguso, R.A., A. Kelber, M. Pfaff, R.A. Levin, L.A. McDade. 2007. Floral biology of North American
Oenothera sect. Lavauxia (Onagraceae): Advertisements, rewards and extreme variation in floral depth.
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94: 236-257.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40035498
Svensson, G.P., O. Pellmyr, R.A. Raguso. 2006. Strong conservation of floral scent composition in two
allopatric Yuccas. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32: 2657-2665.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-006-9189-6
Raguso, R.A., B.O. Schlumpberger, R.L. Kaczorowski, T.P. Holtsford. 2006. Phylogenetic fragrance
patterns in Nicotiana sections Alatae and Suaveolentes. Phytochemistry 67: 1931-1942.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.05.038
Goodrich, K.R., M.L. Zjhra, C.A. Ley, R.A. Raguso. 2006. When flowers smell fermented: the chemistry
and ontogeny of yeasty floral scent in pawpaw (Asimina triloba: Annonaceae). International Journal of
Plant Science 167: 33-46.
https://doi.org/10.1086/498351
Theis, N., R.A. Raguso. 2005. The effect of pollination on floral fragrance in thistles (Cirsium, Asteraceae). Journal of Chemical
Ecology 31: 2581-2600.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-005-7615-9
Svensson, G.P., M.O. Hickman, S. Bartram, W. Boland, O. Pellmyr, R.A. Raguso. 2005. Chemistry and
geographic variation of floral scent in Yucca filamentosa (Agavaceae). American Journal of Botany 92:
1624-1631.
https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.92.10.1624
Knudsen, J.T., L. Tollsten, I. Groth, L.G. Bergström, R.A. Raguso. 2004. Trends of floral scent in
pollination syndromes: Hummingbird pollinated plants. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 46:
191-199.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00329.x
Raguso, R.A., C. Henzel, S.L. Buchmann, G.P. Nabhan. 2003. Trumpet flowers of the Sonoran
Desert: Floral biology of Peniocereus cacti and Sacred Datura. International Journal of
Plant Biology 164: 877-892.
https://doi.org/10.1086/378539
Levin, R.A., L.A. McDade, R.A. Raguso. 2003. The systematic utility of floral and vegetative
fragrance in two genera of Nyctaginaceae. Systematic Biology 52: 334-351.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150390196975
Raguso, R.A., R. A. Levin, S.E. Foose, M.W. Holmberg, L.A. McDade. 2003. Fragrance chemistry,
nocturnal rhythms and pollination “syndromes” in Nicotiana. Phytochemistry 63: 265-284.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00113-4
Levin, R.A., R.A. Raguso, L.A. McDade. 2001. Fragrance chemistry and pollinator affinities in
Nyctaginaceae. Phytochemistry 58: 429-440.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(01)00257-6
Raguso, R.A., B. Roy. 1998. “Floral” scent production by Puccinia rust fungi that mimic flowers.
Molecular Ecology 7: 1127-1136.
https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00426.x
Raguso, R.A., E. Pichersky. 1995. Floral volatiles of Clarkia breweri and C. concinna (Onagraceae):
recent evolution of floral aroma and moth pollination. Plant Systematics and Evolution 194: 55-67.
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00983216