annals-of-botany

Self-shading may explain heteroblasty, a sudden change in form found in many angiosperms.

Unusual nuclei, with spindle-like tubular projections, in the placental tissue of Utricularia nelumbifolia may be involved in nucleus-to-cell-to-cell communication.

Why are anthers where they are? A new study finds there might be more to anthers than purely functional tools.

The best chance of growing to maturity is to have the best start. A new theory connects seed and leaf size with phytomers to describe the relationship between regeneration and growth through a plant’s lifetime.

Zotz and colleagues ask for a re-evaluation of the occurrence, evolution, and function of the velamen radicum in both terrestrial and epiphytic angiosperms

Reductions in herkogamy with flower positions may be expected in environments with either low pollinator abundance or low nutrients.

Evidence from this study indicates that elevated [CO2] not only can aggravate the effects of water deficit on photosynthetic performance and growth of maritime pine but also it can attenuate genotypic differences in drought tolerance as compared with those observed at current atmospheric [CO2].