How do the breeding systems of recent colonizing and long established plant species vary on a remote oceanic island?
Category - Taxonomy & Evolution
William Salter
A new study reveals how the Andes have shaped the history of aquatic plants
Researchers find that the rise of the Andes created conditions in the landscape that drove speciation in aquatic plants.
Lorena Villanueva-Almanza
Newly recognised carnivorous plant Triantha occidentalis
Between leaves and flowers, the peduncle of this plant serves as an insect sticky-trap
Patrick Gibson
No need for orchids: mycorrhizal fungi do not depend on their hosts in Australia
Several fungi had distributions extending into central and northern parts of the continent, illustrating their tolerance of an extraordinarily wide range of environmental conditions.
Juniper Kiss
Where Have All The Good Men Gone? Don’t Despair – Make Some Yourself (That’s What Plants Do..)
Observed rates of evolution in the experiment were among the highest yet recorded.
Hugh Dickinson
Variation between alpine and coastal populations of Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Can changes in ploidy level explain why certain Arctic and alpine species are able to survive at lower latitudes and elevations?
Estimates of leaf size set to get closer to reality
A one-size-fits-all estimate of leaf area has drawbacks if not all your leaves are the same shape.
Fi Gennu
Carex angustisquama‘s extreme life style keeps it a distinct species
It's the hostile habitat that keeps these Carex plants together as a species.
Alun Salt
Studying plant remains at the entrance and the exit of a chimpanzee
A chimp's diet can be studied through microscopic opals.
Dale Maylea
Tropical islands lead to more diversity in Palm sexual reproduction
Isolation and sexual adaptability contributed to the evolution of thousands of palm species.
Historical migration and taxonomy of the Korean endemic shrub Lespedeza maritima
Jin et al. use molecular analyses and morphological examination to understand the evolutionary divergence and establishment patterns of a Korean endemic shrub.
Pink monkeyflowers are a sign of local adaptation
Botanists find petal colour can signal a monkeyflower’s drought tolerance.
Newly discovered fossils illuminate a family’s 64 million year development
The fossils highlight the importance of West Gondwana in the evolution of Cunoniaceae.
Parasitic plants and other botanical “misfits”
Taking a look inside these botanical rebels offers new information to better understand them.
Luiza Teixeira-Costa