Plant morpho evo-devo

E Petrone-Mendoza, F Vergara-Silva, ME Olson - Trends in Plant Science, 2023 - cell.com
Evo-devo is often thought of as being the study of which genes underlie which phenotypes.
However, evo-devo is much more than this, especially in plant science. In leaf scars along …

On escalation

GJ Vermeij - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Organisms have been important agents of selection throughout the history of life. The
processes and outcomes of this selection are the subject of this review. Among these …

Ecological and evolutionary responses in complex communities: implications for invasions and eco‐evolutionary feedbacks

SY Strauss - Oikos, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
It is easier to predict the ecological and evolutionary outcomes of interactions in less diverse
communities. As species are added to communities, their direct and indirect interactions …

Quantifying the complexity of plant reproductive structures reveals a history of morphological and functional integration

AB Leslie, L Mander - Proceedings of the Royal Society …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Vascular plant reproductive structures have undoubtedly become more complex through
time, evolving highly differentiated parts that interact in specialized ways. But quantifying …

Overlooked Parrot Seed Dispersal in Australia and South America: Insights on the Evolution of Dispersal Syndromes and Seed Size in Araucaria Trees

JL Tella, G Blanco, FV Dénes, F Hiraldo - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
While Psittaciformes (parrots and allies) are well-recognized as highly-mobile seed
predators, their role as seed dispersers has been overlooked until very recently. It remains to …

Ancient noeggerathialean reveals the seed plant sister group diversified alongside the primary seed plant radiation

J Wang, J Hilton, HW Pfefferkorn, S Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
Noeggerathiales are enigmatic plants that existed during Carboniferous and Permian
times,∼ 323 to 252 Mya. Although their morphology, diversity, and distribution are well …

The ontogeny of disparity in Cupressaceae seed cones

SV Huntsman, AB Leslie - New Phytologist, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ontogenetic shape change has long been recognized to be important in generating patterns
of morphological diversity and may be especially important in plant reproductive structures …

A review of the structure and dynamics of araucaria mixed forests in southern Brazil and northern Argentina

AF Souza - New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Araucaria Mixed Forests (AMF) are subtropical conifer-hardwood mixed
forests that are part of the Atlantic forest floristic dominion in Brazil and Argentina. The AMF …

A new voltzian seed cone from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia and its implications for the evolution of ancient conifers

F Herrera, G Shi, AB Leslie, P Knopf… - … Journal of Plant …, 2015 - journals.uchicago.edu
Premise of research. Abundant fossil and molecular evidence suggests that all extant conifer
families were established by the Early Cretaceous. However, the recognition and …

Phylogenetic diversification of Early Cretaceous seed plants: The compound seed cone of Doylea tetrahedrasperma

GW Rothwell, RA Stockey - American Journal of Botany, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Discovery of cupulate ovules of Doylea tetrahedrasperma within
a compact, compound seed cone highlights the rich diversity of fructification morphologies …