Microscopy methods developed in the 1960s are still commonly used in plant science today but new low-cost techniques offer big advantages.
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William Salter
Floral elaiophores of Vitekorchis, Cyrtochilum and Oncidium
Davies et al. compare the floral elaiophores (oil glands) of four species formerly assigned to Oncidium (Oncidiinae).
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CSI Evidential Botanicals, Episode 2: CSI Amphorae
Taking the whole evidence-gathering issue back many hundreds of years now to an age before cookery books (cookery, a TV-obsession in the UK…). Amongst their other interesting findings, Brendan Foley et al. (Journal of...
Nigel Chaffey
Evolution of oil-producing trichomes in Sisyrinchium
Flowers offering oil rewards to pollinators have evolved several times within Iridaceae, and oil-producing structures are particularly widespread in Sisyrinchium. Chauveau et al. conduct phylogenetic analyses to produce...
