How do flowers develop? This is a puzzle tackled by Wei Lai and Louis Ronse de Craene in their paper What is the nature of petals in Caryophyllaceae? Developmental evidence clarifies their evolutionary origin. In it...
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Obdiplostemony: the occurrence of a transitional stage linking robust flower configurations
Obdiplostemony, the two-whorled stamen configuration with outer stamens in alternisepalous position, has been a controversial condition for a long time. Ronse De Craene and Bull-Hereñu review the definition and...
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