Diving into the water: Amphibious plants as a model for investigating plant adaptations to aquatic environments

H Koga, S Ikematsu, S Kimura - Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Amphibious plants can grow and survive in both aquatic and terrestrial environments. This
review explores the diverse adaptations that enable them to thrive in such contrasting …

Water wisteria genome reveals environmental adaptation and heterophylly regulation in amphibious plants

G Li, X Zhao, J Yang, S Hu, J Ponnu… - Plant, Cell & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Heterophylly is a phenomenon whereby an individual plant dramatically changes leaf shape
in response to the surroundings. Hygrophila difformis (Acanthaceae; water wisteria), has …

Aquatic plant Myriophyllum spicatum displays contrasting morphological, photosynthetic, and transcriptomic responses between its aquatic and terrestrial …

H Xu, W Li, W Fu, Z **e, W Huang - Photosynthesis Research, 2025 - Springer
Myriophyllum spicatum, a semi-aquatic plant, can develop heterophylly by forming both
submerged and aerial leaves to adapt to water level variations in its habitat. The aerial …

The chromosome-level genome of Water-Wisteria establishes an ecological plant model and provides insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying heterophylly …

G Li, X Zhao, J Yang, Y Chen, Y Chen, Y Li, Z Sun… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Heterophylly is a phenomenon in which an individual plant dramatically changes its leaf
shape in response to the surrounding environment. Hygrophila difformis (Acanthaceae) …