Testing the benefits of early vessel evolution

Similar hydraulic efficiency and safety across vesselless angiosperms and vessel-bearing species with scalariform perforation plates

(2019) Santiago Trueba et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Functional Status of Xylem Through Time

(2019) Craig R. Brodersen et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

The pipe model theory half a century on: a review

(2018) Romain Lehnebach et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Genome downsizing, physiological novelty, and the global dominance of flowering plants

(2018) Kevin A. Simonin et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Non-equilibrium dynamics and floral trait interactions shape extant angiosperm diversity

(2016) Brian C. O'Meara et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Is post-polyploidization diploidization the key to the evolutionary success of angiosperms?

(2015) Steven Dodsworth et al.   BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Isometric partitioning of hydraulic conductance between leaves and stems: balancing safety and efficiency in different growth forms and habitats

(2015) PAUL L. DRAKE et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Axial conduit widening in woody species: a still neglected anatomical pattern

(2014) Tommaso Anfodillo et al.   IAWA JOURNAL

Coordination of stem and leaf hydraulic conductance in southern California shrubs: a test of the hydraulic segmentation hypothesis

(2014) Alexandria L. Pivovaroff et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Hydraulic tuning of vein cell microstructure in the evolution of angiosperm venation networks

(2013) Taylor S. Feild et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Linear Trends in Botanical Systematics and the Major Trends of Xylem Evolution

(2012) Mark E. Olson   BOTANICAL REVIEW

A critical transition in leaf evolution facilitated the Cretaceous angiosperm revolution

(2012) Hugo Jan de Boer et al.   Nature Communications

Leaf hydraulic evolution led a surge in leaf photosynthetic capacity during early angiosperm diversification

(2009) Tim J. Brodribb et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Single-vessel flow measurements indicate scalariform perforation plates confer higher flow resistance than previously estimated

(2009) MAIRGARETH A. CHRISTMAN et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Maximum leaf conductance driven by CO2 effects on stomatal size and density over geologic time

(2009) P. J. Franks et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The meaning of Darwin's “abominable mystery”

(2008) William E. Friedman   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY