Basal orchid cheats on its fungal partner
Apostasia nipponica is the first member of the early-diverging orchid clade found to be using this strategy.
Erin Zimmerman
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Erin Zimmerman is a botanist turned science writer and sometimes botanical illustrator. She did her PhD at the University of Montréal and worked as a post-doctoral fellow with the Canadian Ministry of
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Population genetics may unlock the origins of living cycad specimens
The strategy may pave the way for reintroduction work in the future.
Lomas microrefugia subject to random, but not function-based losses due to lowered rainfall
The finding bodes well for the survival of Lomas communities in the Atacama Desert under future climate change.
Is shattering in Aegilops longissima controlled by overlapping gene expression?
Study authors argue that suppression of one or both genes in different regions of the rachis prevented disarticulation.
Post-soviet land use change in Russia a driver of restored steppes
More connectivity between steppe areas provide corridors for the reintroduction of flora and fauna.
Fossil eucalypt species older and more broadly distributed than previously thought
This is the first confirmed finding of Myrtaceidites eucalyptoides outside Australia.
Moraceae inflorescence development highly variable even for similar pollination modes
Transitional stages in fig relatives show increasingly enclosed flowers.
Chromosomal changes more important than niche differentiation in a Pulmonaria hybrid
The locally abundant hybrid species is well-defined, but shows weak niche differentiation from its progenitors.
Slippery flowers help deter nectar-stealing ants
A wax crystal coating causes ants to slip off, while hornet and bee pollinators can fly right in.
Flowering time likely an important driver of speciation in South African Restionaceae
Allochrony is one of few ways for wind-pollinated species to achieve reproductive isolation.
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