Aroid aerial roots answer new pressures with new morphology
Specialization for water retention came from a layer of cork on the roots’ exterior.
- October 13, 2020
Erin Zimmerman
State of the World’s Plant & Fungi Collections (Part One)
Plant and fungal collections are seeing new and innovative uses, as well as reaching a broader user-base as digitized specimens, but significant gaps remain.
- October 12, 2020
As above, so below? Comparing above- and below-ground functional traits
Root systems face different pressures and economies than do leaves.
- October 8, 2020
Complex evolution in an East Asian Magnolia species
Genetic incongruence hints at either ancient hybridization or incomplete lineage sorting.
- October 7, 2020
Indirect facilitation affects ecosystem functioning in an alpine meadow
Indirect facilitation by a shrub increased forb community biomass and functional diversity.
- October 2, 2020
Systematics of extinct grass species resolved with sequencing of 167-year-old herbarium specimen
The work is part of a trend of increasingly ambitious genetic work on old specimens.
- September 28, 2020
Greater floral overlap and pollinator generalization favoured in a buzz-pollinated plant
Simultaneous flowering and low pollinator specialization led to greater reproductive success.
- September 25, 2020
Greater Eucalyptus hybridisation on younger, more disturbed landscapes
Older landscapes are expected to be home to older, more genetically well-defined taxa with greater reproductive barriers.
- September 22, 2020
Sexual deception in Australian orchids
Your chance to catch a highlight of Botany 2020.
- September 21, 2020
When phosphorus levels are low, mycorrhizae outcompete root hairs in maize
The two adaptations both aid in nutrient uptake, but may work against each other
- September 11, 2020
Floras of the Future: A look at Flora of North America Online
Staying up to date and making all treatments machine-readable will broaden the project’s appeal, but it’s no small feat.
- September 2, 2020
Microanatomical leaf traits vary across climate gradients in a Great Plains grass
Microanatomical variations underlie the whole-leaf variation seen across the species’ large range.
- August 28, 2020
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