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Close Encounters

What happens when pollinators bring the wrong pollen?

Surely once insects have brought pollen to a flower, then plant-plant interaction is over? Not so, says Gerardo Arceo-Gómez, who argues that heterospecific (or other plants’) pollen arriving in a flower might affect plant diversity.

by Fi GennuOctober 6, 2021October 6, 2021
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Ecosystems

Woolly, cushion, rosette: drivers of diversity in the alpine Saussurea genus

What are the mechanisms driving speciation and adaptative evolution in Saussurea, a highly diverse genus of alpine herbaceous plants?

by William SalterJuly 12, 2021July 12, 2021
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Taxonomy & Evolution

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.

by Juniper KissJuly 7, 2021July 1, 2021
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Taxonomy & Evolution

A sweet story: modern sugarcanes originate from three ancestral genomes

New study identifies hybridisation and backcrossing events to have led to the modern sugarcane cultivars.

by Juniper KissMarch 2, 2021March 1, 2021
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Ecosystems

Urban environments and climate change: how do we choose resilient urban trees for the future?

by Laura SkatesJanuary 16, 2021January 19, 2021
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Plants & People Taxonomy & Evolution

Ex Situ Collections Not Reaching Genetic Diversity Goals

More efficient sampling could capture greater diversity without overwhelming space constraints.

by Erin ZimmermanJune 2, 2020
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Dr Zoe Popper,
Life

International Women’s Day 2017: “Diversity makes my job enjoyable”

For International Women’s Day 2017, we asked plant biologist Dr Zoë Popper to write about a typical day in her working life. Here, she reflects on the importance of diversity in her job.

by Zoë PopperMarch 8, 2017March 8, 2017
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Currently recognized global hotspots of plant endemism, which are defined as having >1500 endemic plant species and >70 % habitat conversion.
Annals of Botany

Endemism hotspots are linked to stable climatic refugia

What causes endemism hotspots? In a world of climate change, these refugia may be connected to areas of relative climate stability.

by botanyoneFebruary 1, 2017February 2, 2017
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Factors driving species assemblage in Mediterranean soil seed banks
Annals of Botany

Soil seed bank assembly at multiple scales

by botanyoneJuly 20, 2016July 4, 2016
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Proposed scenario as to how the interplay between evolutionary innovations, developmental robustness and ecological opportunities contributes to the origin of species diversity
Annals of Botany

The significance of developmental robustness for species diversity

by botanyoneMay 23, 2016May 16, 2016
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AoB PLANTS

Revisiting spatial scale in the productivity-species richness relationship: fundamental issues and global change implications

by AoBPLANTSMarch 4, 2015
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AoB PLANTS

Host tree phenology affects vascular epiphytes at the physiological, demographic and community level

by AoBPLANTSJanuary 23, 2015January 20, 2015
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Polyploidy and long-distance dispersal
Annals of Botany

Polyploidy and long-distance dispersal

by botanyoneNovember 7, 2014October 8, 2014
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Lathyrus diversity and crop improvement (Invited Review)
Annals of Botany

Lathyrus diversity and crop improvement (Invited Review)

Vaz Patto and Rubiales review the current status and future prospects of Lathyrus diversity conservation and characterization.

by botanyoneOctober 15, 2014September 26, 2014
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