Primrose by Elizabeth Lawson, 2019. Reaktion Books Ltd. To the uninitiated, it may seem rather improbable that anybody can write 288 pages about the primrose. After all, whilst it may be understood that primrose is a...
Tag - Primula
Nigel Chaffey
Intraspecific variation of self-incompatibility in the distylous plant Primula merrilliana
Heterostyly, a term referred to plant species comprising either two (distyly) or three (tristyly) self-incompatible floral morphs that differ reciprocally in the positions of stigmas and anthers (i.e. reciprocal...
William Salter
Darwin’s Closer Look at Primroses
What did Darwin think was his most satisfying scientific work? It might not be what you thought.
Ian Street
Unidirectional hybridization in heterostylous primroses
Ma et al. study a natural hybrid zone between two heterostylous primrose species, Primula beesiana and P. bulleyana, and find that all hybrid derivatives examined are backcrosses of first or later generations to P...
botanyone
Flowering around the Med
The latest in a series of two-yearly workshops on Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Flower Development was held this June on the Giens Peninsula of the French Cote d’Azur. This workshop, which was generously supported by...
Charlie Scutt
Sexual organ reciprocity in distylous primroses
The main morphological characteristic of heterostyly is the reciprocal placement of anthers and stigmas in two distinct floral morphs; however, the partitioning of reciprocity within and between closely related species...
