On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects

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biology book botany book evolutionary biology work non-fiction book scientific book

On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects is a scientific work by Charles Darwin that details how orchid structures and insect behavior coevolved to achieve effective pollination, providing key evidence for his theory of natural selection.

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Label	Occurrences
On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects canonical	2
Fertilisation of Orchids	1
Fertilisation of Orchids (later title/editions)	1
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biology book ⓘ botany book ⓘ evolutionary biology work ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ scientific book ⓘ
author	Charles Darwin ⓘ
basedOn	theory of natural selection ⓘ
centralConcept	adaptation ⓘ reproductive success in plants ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
demonstrates	importance of cross-fertilisation in plants ⓘ mutual adaptations between orchids and insects ⓘ specialised floral structures promote cross-pollination ⓘ
field	botany ⓘ ecology ⓘ evolutionary biology ⓘ
focusesOn	adaptations of orchid flowers ⓘ behavior of insect pollinators ⓘ fertilisation of orchids by insects ⓘ
follows	On the Origin of Species ⓘ
genre	scientific monograph ⓘ
hasIllustrations	yes ⓘ
hasPart	detailed case studies of individual orchid species ⓘ experimental manipulations of flowers ⓘ observations of insect visits to flowers ⓘ
influenced	later work on coevolution ⓘ modern pollination biology ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notableFor	analysis of floral morphology and function ⓘ detailed empirical support for natural selection ⓘ integration of field observation and experiment ⓘ
originalMedium	print ⓘ
providesEvidenceFor	evolution by natural selection ⓘ
publicationYear	1862 ⓘ
publisher	John Murray ⓘ
relatedWork	On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fertilisation of Orchids (later title/editions) On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
scientificDiscipline	natural history ⓘ
setting	British orchids ⓘ foreign orchids ⓘ
subject	coevolution ⓘ natural selection ⓘ orchids ⓘ plant–insect interactions ⓘ pollination ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ

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Charles Darwin → notableWork → On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects ⓘ

On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects → relatedWork → On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species

this entity surface form: Fertilisation of Orchids (later title/editions)

Charles Darwin's later scientific works → includesWork → On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects ⓘ

The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom → relatedWork → On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fertilisation of Orchids