The CAM lineages of planet Earth

IS Gilman, JAC Smith, JAM Holtum, RF Sage… - Annals of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Scope The growth of experimental studies of crassulacean acid
metabolism (CAM) in diverse plant clades, coupled with recent advances in molecular …

Evolutionary trajectories, accessibility and other metaphors: the case of C4 and CAM photosynthesis

EJ Edwards - New Phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Are evolutionary outcomes predictable? Adaptations that show repeated evolutionary
convergence across the Tree of Life provide a special opportunity to dissect the context …

The pineapple genome and the evolution of CAM photosynthesis

R Ming, R VanBuren, CM Wai, H Tang, MC Schatz… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract Pineapple (Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.) is the most economically valuable crop
possessing crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), a photosynthetic carbon assimilation …

The genome sequence of the orchid Phalaenopsis equestris

J Cai, X Liu, K Vanneste, S Proost, WC Tsai, KW Liu… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Orchidaceae, renowned for its spectacular flowers and other reproductive and ecological
adaptations, is one of the most diverse plant families. Here we present the genome …

Engineering crassulacean acid metabolism to improve water-use efficiency

AM Borland, J Hartwell, DJ Weston, KA Schlauch… - Trends in plant …, 2014 - cell.com
Climatic extremes threaten agricultural sustainability worldwide. One approach to increase
plant water-use efficiency (WUE) is to introduce crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) into C …

The Kalanchoë genome provides insights into convergent evolution and building blocks of crassulacean acid metabolism

X Yang, R Hu, H Yin, J Jenkins, S Shu, H Tang… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is a water-use efficient adaptation of photosynthesis
that has evolved independently many times in diverse lineages of flowering plants. We …

Diversification of flowering plants in space and time

D Dimitrov, X Xu, X Su, N Shrestha, Y Liu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The rapid diversification and high species richness of flowering plants is regarded as
'Darwin's second abominable mystery'. Today the global spatiotemporal pattern of plant …

Atmospheric CO2 decline and the timing of CAM plant evolution

RF Sage, IS Gilman, JAC Smith, K Silvera… - Annals of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background and Aims CAM photosynthesis is hypothesized to have evolved in atmospheres
of low CO2 concentration in recent geological time because of its ability to concentrate CO2 …

Transcript, protein and metabolite temporal dynamics in the CAM plant Agave

PE Abraham, H Yin, AM Borland, D Weighill, SD Lim… - Nature Plants, 2016 - nature.com
Already a proven mechanism for drought resilience, crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is
a specialized type of photosynthesis that maximizes water-use efficiency by means of an …

Photosynthesis, respiration, and long-distance transport: photosynthesis

H Lambers, RS Oliveira, H Lambers… - Plant physiological …, 2019 - Springer
Approximately 40% of a plant's dry mass consists of carbon, fixed in photosynthesis. This
process is vital for growth and survival of virtually all plants during the major part of their …