The research contributes to the understanding of a complex, fast and reversible underwater plant movement
Tag - functional morphology
Juniper Kiss
Why are the seed cones of conifers so diverse at pollination?
Wind-pollinated plants rely on the same breezes to deliver pollen. If the problem's the same for all of them, why do conifers have different shaped cones to catch pollen?
botanyone
This plant sucks! (But how?)
The bladderwort has a trap faster than the blink of an eye. It uses powerful suction to snatch its prey but how can a plant can suck so much?
Dale Maylea
Biomechanics and functional morphology of a climbing monocot
Climbing monocots can develop into large bodied plants despite being confined by primary growth. In a recent study published in AoB PLANTS, Hesse et al. measured surprisingly high stem biomechanical properties (in...
AoBPLANTS
Maternal cuticle protects moss offspring from dehydration
Funaria hygrometrica calyptra may represent the earliest occurrence of maternal protection via structural provisioning of a cuticle in green plants.
AJ Cann
Extreme floral complexity and pollination in asclepiads
The extreme complexity of asclepiad flowers (Asclepiadoideae–Apocynaceae) has generated much interest in the pollination biology of this group of plants. Wiemer et al. study pollination mechanisms and pollinators of two...
