C4 photosynthesis is an efficient way of harnessing energy, yet trees rarely use it. Why is that?
Tag - Euphorbiaceae
Liam Elliott
Stinging plants share needle designs
It's not just nettles that sting. Plants discovered how to defend themselves multiple times, but whatever building blocks they use, they all share a similar design in needles.
Dale Maylea
How does a tree hide? Incadendron was concealed in the Andes forest
Hidden in plain sight - that's how researchers describe their discovery of a new genus of large forest tree commonly found, yet previously scientifically unknown, in the tropical Andes.
Wood anatomical diversity results from force of habit, and shifts in habitat
Plant functional traits constitute responses to a complex evolutionary reciprocality between plants and the environment. Wood anatomy varies between shrubs and trees, and between wet and dry habitats, but a question...
botanyone
Germination, temperature and water potential in Jatropha
Jatropha curcas is a drought-resistant tree whose seeds are a good source of oil that can be used for producing biodiesel. Windauer et al. examine germination at different temperatures and water potentials and find that...
Effects of defoliation on a monoecious plant
Monoecy is a relatively flexible sexual system that can be advantageous against environmental stresses such as leaf herbivory. Narbona and Dirzo (pp. 359–369) examine the effects of experimental defoliation on male and...
Editor Pat Heslop-Harrison