Angiosperms and their flowers have greatly diversified into an overwhelming array of forms
in the past 135 million years. Diversification was shaped by changes in climate and the …

Floral morphology is key for understanding floral evolution and plant identification. Floral
diagrams are two-dimensional representations of flowers that replace extensive descriptions …

Eudicots and their currently recognized major subclades are characterized as to floral
structure (including some “embryological” features) based on ca. 3000 original publications …

This review based on a morphological and developmental perspective reveals a striking
diversity in shapes and evolutionary trends in the gynoecium of core Caryophyllales that …

Floral monosymmetry and asymmetry are traced through the angiosperm orders and
families. Both are diverse and widespread in angiosperms. The systematic distribution of the …

Relationships between the four families placed in the angiosperm order Fabales
(Leguminosae, Polygalaceae, Quillajaceae, Surianaceae) were hitherto poorly resolved. We …

The order Fabales, including Leguminosae, Polygalaceae, Quillajaceae and Surianaceae,
represents a novel hypothesis emerging from angiosperm molecular phylogenies. Despite …

• Premise of the study: Apocarpy (ie, free carpels) is considered to be the basal condition for
ovary development in angiosperms. Yet it only occurs in 10% of angiosperm species, of …

Duparquetia orchidacea (Caesalpinioideae‐Cassieae‐Duparquetiinae) is a monotypic liana
from tropical West Africa. Its highly unusual, zygomorphic flowers, the unique pollen …

Background Keel flowers are bilaterally symmetrical, pentamerous flowers with three
different petal types and reproductive organs enclosed by keel petals; generally there is also …