Anther rubbing
The ConCiencia program of Canal Sur has made a report about our discovery of anther rubbing - the movement of stamens in a plant species of the family Brassicaceae. This is a novel mechanism promoting self-fertilization in the species Erysimum incanum. This mechanism consists of autonomous, repeated, and coordinated movements of the stamens over the stigma during flower opening. Anther rubbing has been documented by time-lapse videos. This research has been published in the s
