Taxonomy & Evolution
Impacts of land use on the stress responses of an invasive grass
Can ecotypic origin (i.e. agricultural vs. non-agricultural) and environmental selection pressures predict biomass accumulation in Johnsongrass?
Taxonomy & Evolution
New Equisetum phylogeny provides insight into an ancient lineage
The first divergences among horsetail species occurred with the break-up of Pangaea.
Taxonomy & Evolution
“Mythical” Jurassic angiosperms perhaps not so mythical
Modelling that accounts for an incomplete fossil record doesn’t reject a pre-Cretaceous origin.
Plants & People
A new spin on Darwin’s “abominable mystery”
Darwin may indeed not have been referring to angiosperms broadly in his famous words to his friend.
Taxonomy & Evolution
Leaf composites better than single leaves at capturing species differences
Accurate species prediction depended on adequate sampling and straightforward genetic background.
Taxonomy & Evolution
Clonal female populations dominate the tropical herb genus, Hanguana
Can apomixis explain the distribution of Hanguana individuals in Singapore?
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Settling the debate: Plum ‘yews’ are in a separate family to yews
New genomic study assembled the plastid genomes of plum yews to understand their evolution.
Taxonomy & Evolution
Spreading the risk over time – Dormancy in trimorphic achenes of a cold desert annual
Do variations in dormancy and germination across achenes from peripheral, intermediate and central positions contribute to the success of the cold desert annual Heteracia szovitsii?
Taxonomy & Evolution
The molecular evolution of vitamin C biosynthesis in plants
What are the molecular evolutionary patterns of the GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase gene in plants?
Taxonomy & Evolution
Fossil eucalypt species older and more broadly distributed than previously thought
This is the first confirmed finding of Myrtaceidites eucalyptoides outside Australia.
Taxonomy & Evolution
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.
Plants & People
Tree root identification saves ancient caves and the forest above them
Barcoding and morphology combined allowed identification and targeted removal of problem trees.