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Plant Sciences
Andrea E. Berardi, Ana C. Betancourt Morejon, Robin Hopkins
Summary: This study investigates the patterns of floral evolution in the North American Silene section Physolychnis, a group characterized by the evolution of novel red floral color and exposure to hummingbird pollinators. The results show that the clustering of floral traits does not align with phenotypically divergent pollination syndromes, and there is little evidence that phylogenetic history or geographic overlap explains patterns of floral diversity in this group. Additionally, it is found that red-flowering species have evolved floral traits that align with the hummingbird syndrome, but also overlap with white and pink species.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Brandi Zenchyzen, Stacie Weissner, Jaymie Martin, Ainsley Lopushinsky, Ida John, Ishnoor Nahal, Jocelyn C. Hall
Summary: Floral nectaries have evolved diverse forms and functions in response to animal pollinators. However, their morphological and developmental characteristics are often overlooked. This study examined the floral nectaries of nine Cleomaceae species and found that they are commonly receptacular, supplied by vasculature, and exhibit significant diversity in size and shape. Floral nectaries contribute to the morphological diversity of Cleomaceae flowers and warrant further investigation into their role in floral evolution.
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Plant Sciences
Saroj Ruchisansakun, Arne Mertens, Steven B. Janssens, Erik F. Smets, Timotheus van der Niet
Summary: The study on Balsaminaceae reveals that both floral symmetry and pollination syndromes are evolutionarily labile, with shifts in pollination syndromes occurring more frequently. Shifts towards asymmetric flowers are associated with a bee pollination syndrome.
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Plant Sciences
Bruno Cesar Ferreira Goncalves, Vidal de Freitas Mansano, Renan Siqueira de Moraes, Juliana Villela Paulino
Summary: This study aims to understand the floral development and identify the ontogenetic pathways that lead to organ variation and andromonoecy in Mimosa species. The research reveals that the development of floral organs in Mimosa is synchronous but differs in the order of appearance. The merism variation in Mimosa is mainly due to the absence of organs in the perianth and androecium. The findings contribute to a better understanding of floral evolution and unstable organ merism in the mimosoid clade.
JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
John M. Powers, Heather M. Briggs, Rachel G. Dickson, Xinyu Li, Diane R. Campbell
Summary: Climate change can influence the expression of floral traits in plants, with reduced summer precipitation and earlier snow melt potentially leading to plastic responses in flower morphology and reproductive success. The interaction between snow melt timing and summer precipitation levels can affect traits such as corolla length, style length, and nectar production, with drier soil conditions during the flowering period playing a key role in driving trait plasticity. The combined effects of early snow melt and reduced precipitation are important factors driving phenotypic plasticity in plants, particularly in snow-dominated ecosystems.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
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Forestry
Adja Madjiguene Diallo, Erik Dahl Kjaer, Anders Raebild, Lene Rostgaard Nielsen
Summary: This study investigates genetic differentiation and prezygotic reproductive barriers among different ploidy levels of Acacia senegal. By genotyping and studying flower morphology, the researchers found genetic differentiation between polyploid and diploid trees, as well as prezygotic reproductive barriers such as differences in flower phenology and morphology. The results suggest limited gene flow among cytotypes of A. senegal and a likely restriction of interploidy pollination by differences in flower phenology and morphology.
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Plant Sciences
Xi Wang, Jun-Ru Wang, Si-Yu Xie, Xiao-Hui Zhang, Zhao-Yang Chang, Liang Zhao, Louis Ronse De Craene, Jun Wen
Summary: Although most Prunus species have clearly differentiated sepals and petals, two former genera, Maddenia and Pygeum, were described as having undifferentiated perianth. The floral development of Prunus hypoleuca and Prunus topengii shows that initially distinct sepals and petals later appear quite similar in the two species, distinguishing them from other Prunus species.
JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
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Forestry
A. Chetty, K. L. Glennon, S. M. Venter, G. V. Cron, E. T. F. Witkowski
Summary: The study reveals that the fruit production of African baobabs is related to floral features, with trees producing more fruits tending to have more female flowers, while trees with lower fruit production have more male flowers. This suggests a potential sex allocation shift in baobabs, emphasizing the importance of maintaining both types of trees in the landscape for sustainable harvesting of fruits and seeds.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Xuan Zhou, Lu Wang, Qian Yin, Xinghui Liu, Joseph Masabni, Huan Xiong, Deyi Yuan, Feng Zou
Summary: Castanea mollissima is an important monoecious fruit crop in China. The development of male and female flowers in this crop is regulated by hormones and gene expression. Zeatin and transcription factors play crucial roles in the formation of female flowers, while jasmonic acid is not significant. These findings contribute to our understanding of the factors influencing chestnut production and can potentially improve yield.
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Plant Sciences
Joao Paulo Basso-Alves, Renato Goldenberg, Simone Padua Teixeira
Summary: A comparative study on the stamens of Melastomataceae species revealed notable variations in their merosity, morphology, and connections. The delay in stamen development may be due to the requirement of a pre-existing space for their growth. The diversity of stamens can largely be explained by the formation of the connectives and their appendages.
JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Pedro-Pablo Buitrago, Rafael U. Gosalvez, Emilio Laguna, Pedro-Pablo Ferrer-Gallego, Arturo Valdes-Franzi, Alonso Verde, Concepcion Obon, Diego Rivera
Summary: Cistus ladanifer var. supermaculatus var. nov. is a shrub endemic to the Ciudad Real Province in Spain, characterized by large dark dots covering a significant percentage of the petal's surface.
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Pauline Delpeuch, Florian Jabbour, Catherine Damerval, Jurg Schonenberger, Susanne Pamperl, Maxime Rome, Sophie Nadot
Summary: Ranunculaceae, a family of plants, exhibits a wide range of floral diversity, particularly in terms of the complexity of the petals. The petals play a crucial functional role in the interaction with pollinators by producing and storing nectar. This study aims to reconstruct the ancestral form of the petal and its evolutionary stages in order to understand the diversity of petal morphology in Ranunculaceae. The results suggest that the complex petal morphologies in different lineages have evolved independently, and similar morphologies are the result of convergent evolution.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Arthur Domingos-Melo, Ugo Mendes Diniz, Sofia Lucas Chalegre, Isabel Cristina Machado
Summary: The study found that different plant species respond differently to sugar concentration, and the sugar concentration in flowers in the field does not correspond to the ability to accumulate large amounts of nectar, indicating that plants may not have a strategy to prevent nectar spillage by regulating sugar concentration.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
B. A. R. R. Y. Hammel, S. A. L. V. A. D. O. R. Arias
Summary: A new species of Deamia from Nicaragua, characterized by its long, dangling stems and small flowers, is described and compared with other related species.
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Plant Sciences
Baltazar J. Ndakidemi, Ernest R. Mbega, Patrick A. Ndakidemi, Steven R. Belmain, Sarah E. J. Arnold, Victoria C. Woolley, Philip C. Stevenson
Summary: Flower-rich field margins play a crucial role in providing habitats and food resources for natural enemies of pests. The potential of these margins, especially in tropical regions and on smallholder farms, is not well understood. Careful selection of field margin plants is necessary to ensure benefits for different groups of natural enemies.
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Biology
Michael D. Pirie, Glenn Litsios, Dirk U. Bellstedt, Nicolas Salamin, Jonathan Kissling
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Plant Sciences
Jonathan Kissling
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Plant Sciences
Vincent S. F. T. Merckx, Jonathan Kissling, Heiko Hentrich, Steven B. Janssens, Constantijn B. Mennes, Chelsea D. Specht, Erik F. Smets
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2013)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jonathan Kissling, Spencer C. H. Barrett
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Biology
Jonathan Kissling, Spencer C. H. Barrett
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Plant Sciences
Jonathan Kissling, Louis Zeltner, Philippe Kuepfer, Guilhem Mansion
BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2008)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jonathan Kissling, Yong-Ming Yuan, Philippe Kuepfer, Guilhem Mansion
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2009)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jonathan Kissling, Peter K. Endress, Giorgina Bernasconi
Article
Plant Sciences
Jonathan Kissling, Olivier Bachmann, Marco R. Thali, Jose Gabriel Segarra-Moragues
APPLICATIONS IN PLANT SCIENCES
(2013)
Article
Plant Sciences
J. Kissling, L. Zeltner
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2019)
Article
Plant Sciences
Adlin Afzan, Lise Breant, Dirk U. Bellstedt, Jason R. Grant, Emerson F. Queiroz, Jean-Luc Wolfender, Jonathan Kissling
Article
Plant Sciences
M. P. Geethakumary, S. Deepu, J. Kissling, A. G. Pandurangan
Summary: Based on morphological, phenological, and ecological evidences, a new species Exacum laxiflorum is established, excluding Exacum courtallense var. laxiflorum from E. courtallense.
Article
Plant Sciences
Julien C. Vieu, Colin E. Hughes, Jonathan Kissling, Jason R. Grant
Summary: The study investigates the diversification patterns of the Macrocarpaea plant lineage in the humid mid-elevation montane forests of the tropical Andes, revealing a rapid radiation and range expansion primarily driven by allopatric founder-event speciation. This rapid diversification is suggested to have been triggered by the establishment of suitable habitats in the late Miocene, leading to colonization and expansion through repeated founder-events. The study also indicates that the diversification rate slowed as the montane forests became progressively occupied, supporting the notion that plant radiations in these forests are older and more slowly evolving compared to lineages in high-elevation grasslands in the recent Andean region.
BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jonathan Kissling, Sven Buerki, Guilhem Mansion