A new paper in Annals of Botany reviews the cost–benefit model for the evolution of botanical carnivores.

Chrysolaena obovata, an aster of the Brazilian Cerrado, presents seasonal growth, marked by senescence of aerial organs in winter and subsequent regrowth at the end of this season. The underground reserve organs, the rhizophores, accumulate inulin-type fructans and confer tolerance to drought and low temperature. Fructans and fructan-metabolizing enzymes show a characteristic spatial and temporal […]

A novel aspect of how climate change might affect plant–pollinator interactions and plant reproduction.

A new study examines the role of plant hormones in mediating production of adventious roots in rice.

Stomata are one of the crucial adaptations in the evolution of the land flora and the development of the terrestrial landscape and atmosphere on Earth. These microscopic pores on the plant epidermis first appeared in the fossil record more than 400 million years ago, some 50–60 million years after the first land plants. Today they […]

Ecologists broadly accept that the number of species present within a region balances regional processes of immigration and speciation against competitive and other interactions between populations that limit distribution and constrain diversity. Although ecological theory has, for a long time, addressed the premise that ecological space can be filled to ‘capacity’ with species, only with […]

Expression and live-cell imaging of functional versions of the A. lyrata SRKb variant in A. thaliana stigma epidermal cells.

Making water lily flowers and tomatoes - this week in Annals of Botany.

The inferred biogeographic history highlights long-distance dispersal as a major process shaping the worldwide distribution of the genus Pteris.

As free-living organisms and as symbionts in lichens, Nostoc species are both pioneers and permanent members of harsh ecosystems.

Some good stuff in the recent edition of CBE Life Sciences Education.

A review of the origins of the plant functional type concept also addresses the current state of models that use PFTs in northern high-latitude ecosystems.