Transitional stages in fig relatives show increasingly enclosed flowers.
Tag - Flower
Erin Zimmerman
Whole-plant organisational traits and ecological strategies in sunflowers
While trait-based plant ecology attempts to use small numbers of organ-level traits to predict ecological strategies, there is a major gap between organ-level ecophysiology and plant fitness in an environmental context...
botanyone
Cherry fruit developmental analysis
Evaluating genetic and environmental effects upon sweet cherry cultivars differing in seasonal duration and fruit size, Gibeau et al. employ photographic measurements to apply a framework of biological time indices...
Florivory and pollinator visitation: a cautionary tale
Florivory, or damage to flowers by herbivores, can make flowers less attractive to pollinators, potentially resulting in reduced plant fitness. However, few studies have combined observations with experiments to assess...
AoBPLANTS
Roses are red – but they don’t need to be, if you know how to use food dyes and Fibonacci
Valentine’s Day is here and unless you share the cynics’ view that this is a holiday invented by the flower industry, you might set off to buy a bunch of flowers for your other half on the day. Next time...
Anne Osterrieder
Cerrado ecosystems and the Meskal Daisy on the cover
The third in a series of videoblogs from AoBBlog.com about the background pictures used on Annals of Botany covers. The Youtube link is here, and it is best watched in HD/1080p resolution. An outline of the text is...
Editor Pat Heslop-Harrison