Wood vessel diameter is related to elevation and genotype in the Hawaiian tree Metrosideros polymorpha (Myrtaceae).

abstract：:Hybridization and introgression play important roles in plant evolution, and their occurrence on the oceanic islands provides good examples of plant speciation and diversification. Restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) and trnL (UAA) 3'exon-trnF (GAA) intergenic spacer (IGS) sequences of chloroplast DNA (c...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Setoguchi H,Watanabe I

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific shape of the relationship between plant diversity and productivity and the causal mechanism(s) behind the observed pattern(s) are still highly debated. Recent advances suggest that the relationship depends on several environmental variables and may change with the observational scale. In this study, a mul...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： de Lafontaine G,Houle G

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wood, or secondary xylem, is composed mostly of three components-cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin. Yet this apparent simplicity is deceiving because the sophisticated arrangement of the components on various structural levels, ranging from intricate molecular architecture to defined cellular arrangements to tissu...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Koehler L,Telewski FW

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anther and ovule development of Camellia, Franklinia, and Schima (Theaceae, Camellioideae) were observed. The three genera share the following embryological traits: anther wall formation of basic type, tapetum of glandular type, walls of endothecial cells with secondary thickening, and production of pseudopollen g...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Tsou C

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Giant cacti species possess long cylindrical stems that store massive amounts of water and other resources to draw on for photosynthesis, growth, and reproduction during hot and dry conditions. Across all giant cacti taxa, stem photosynthetic surface area to volume ratio (S:V) varies by several fol...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Huber J,Dettman DL,Williams DG,Hultine KR

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Fuchsia (Onagraceae) anthers, pollen, and an ornithophilous Fuchsia-like flower from an earliest Miocene lacustrine diatomite deposit at Foulden Maar, southern New Zealand confirm a long record for Fuchsia in New Zealand and probably an equally long history for its distinctive honeyeat...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Lee DE,Conran JG,Bannister JM,Kaulfuss U,Mildenhall DC

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant xylem must balance efficient delivery of water to the canopy against protection from air entry into the conduits via air-seeding. We investigated the relationship between tracheid allometry, end wall pitting, safety from air-seeding, and the hydraulic efficiency of conifer wood in order to better understand the ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Pittermann J,Sperry JS,Hacke UG,Wheeler JK,Sikkema EH

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Studies of natural genetic variation can elucidate the genetic basis of phenotypic variation and the past population structure of species. Our study species, Taxodium distichum, is a unique conifer that inhabits the flood plains and swamps of North America. Morphological and ecological differences ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Ikezaki Y,Suyama Y,Middleton BA,Tsumura Y,Teshima K,Tachida H,Kusumi J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular phylogenetic studies of seven plastid DNA regions were used to resolve circumscriptions at generic and infrageneric levels in subfamily Tillandsioideae of Bromeliaceae. One hundred and ten tillandsioid samples were analyzed, encompassing 10 genera, 104 species, and two cultivars. Two species of Bromelioideae...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Barfuss MH,Samuel R,Till W,Stuessy TF

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE:Light is critical in the ability of plants to accumulate chlorophyll. When exposed to far-red (FR) light and then grown in white light in the absence of sucrose, wild-type seedlings fail to green in a response known as the FR block of greening (BOG). This response is controlled by phytochrome A through repressi...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Alameldin HF,Oh S,Hernandez AP,Montgomery BL

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Despite being highly fertile and occupying a large geographic region, the North American heartleaf bittercress (Cardamine cordifolia; Brassicaceae) has a puzzling triploid-like chromosome number (2n = 3x = 24). As most triploids are sterile, we embarked on a detailed analysis of the C. cordifolia g...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Mandáková T,Gloss AD,Whiteman NK,Lysak MA

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex ratio and sexual dimorphism in physiology and growth were studied in the dioecious tree Ilex aquifolium at two localities in northern Spain. Genet sex ratio was significantly male biased in one locality but not in the other. However, ramet and flowering ramet sex ratios were male biased at both study sites. Males ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Obeso JR,Alvarez-Santullano M,Retuerto R

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Microsatellite loci were developed in the endangered Pericopsis elata using a combination of low-cost procedures. METHODS AND RESULTS:Microsatellite isolation was performed simultaneously on three distinct species through a newly available procedure that associates multiplex microsatellite enrichm...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Micheneau C,Dauby G,Bourland N,Doucet JL,Hardy OJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biogeographical patterns and diversification processes in Andean and Patagonian flora are not yet well understood. Calceolaria is a highly diversified genus of these areas, representing one of the most specialized plant-pollinator systems because flowers produce nonvolatile oils, a very unusual floral reward. Phylogen...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Cosacov A,Sérsic AN,Sosa V,De-Nova JA,Nylinder S,Cocucci AA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Productivity in drylands may depend on the sensitivity of interactions between plants and biocrusts. Given future climate variability, it is essential to understand how interactions may be context-dependent with precipitation regime. Furthermore, little is known about the additional interactions of...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Dettweiler-Robinson E,Sinsabaugh RL,Rudgers JA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very little is known regarding how repetitive elements evolve inpolyploid organisms. Here we address this subject by fluorescent insitu hybridization (FISH) of 20 interspersed repetitive elements tometaphase chromosomes of the cotton AD-genome tetraploid Gossypiumhirsutum and its putative A- and D-genome diploid ances...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Hanson R,Zhao XP,Islam-Faridi MN,Paterson A,Zwick M,Crane C,McKnight T,Stelly D,Price HJ

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Microsatellite primers were developed in the traditional Tibetan medicinal plant Halenia elliptica D. Don to investigate its genetic diversity and population genetic structure. METHODS AND RESULTS:Using the Fast Isolation by AFLP of Sequences Containing (FIASCO) repeats protocol, 24 primer sets we...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Zhang ZR,Yang J,Sun Y,Gao TG,Li DZ,Xue CY

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxalate crystals are very common in angiosperms, but few descriptions of their macropattern (crystal types, their tissue distribution, and development) exist. Because unusually large prismatic crystals and druses, are known from pomegranate, we traced the development of crystal macropattern in various-aged leaf sample...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Lersten NR,Horner HT

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE:Despite the efforts to understand the processes that shape neotropical biodiversity, the complexity of certain biomes, such as the Atlantic Forest (AF), prevents the generalization of patterns. Initially, ecological niche modeling (ENM), with phylogeographic studies, identified past stable areas in the central ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Aguiar-Melo C,Zanella CM,Goetze M,Palma-Silva C,Hirsch LD,Neves B,da Costa AF,Bered F

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Sex lability (i.e., gender diphasy) in plants is classically linked to the larger resource needs associated with the female sexual function (i.e., seed production) compared to the male function (i.e., pollen production). Sex lability in response to the environment is extensively documented in dioec...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Varga S,Kytöviita MM

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seed size and cotyledon morphology are two key juvenile traits that have evolved in response to changes in plant species life-history strategies and habitat associations. Correlations of these traits with each other and with other juvenile traits were examined for 70 species of trees and shrubs in Kibale National Park...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Zanne AE,Chapman CA,Kitajima K

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pinus baileyi from the Paleogene of Idaho was initially related to the bristlecone pine P. longaeva (subgen. Strobus, sect. Parrya, subsect. Balfourianae) from western North America. Unlike the centromucronate condition in P. longaeva, P. baileyi cones have raised umbos that are excentromucronate, i.e., the mucro posi...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Erwin DM,Schorn HE

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the southern Appalachian mountains a subcanopy species, Rhododendron maximum, inhibits the establishment and survival of canopy tree seedlings. One of the mechanisms by which seedlings could be inhibited is an allelopathic effect of decomposing litter or leachate from the canopy of R. maximum (R.m.) on seed germina...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Nilsen ET,Walker JF,Miller OK,Semones SW,Lei TT,Clinton BD

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Male-biased herbivory in dioecious species is expected as a consequence of selection for increased resistance (reduced attack) in the sex with higher reproductive costs-females. Empirical support of this prediction is taxonomically restricted and fraught with exceptions. Phenological changes in res...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Buckley NE,Avila-Sakar G

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:A knowledge of pollen characters in early-diverging angiosperm lineages is essential for understanding pollen evolution and the role of pollen in angiosperm diversification. In this paper, we report and synthesize data on mature pollen and pollen ontogeny from all genera of Nymphaeales within a com...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Taylor ML,Cooper RL,Schneider EL,Osborn JM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:• PREMISE OF THE STUDY:The question why leaf dimensions vary so much between species has long puzzled ecologists. Presumably, variation arises from selective forces acting on leaf function but which selective forces and which leaf functions? This investigation assesses the consistency of divergence in plant...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Tozer WC,Rice B,Westoby M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:The stability of the bimodal karyotype found in Agave and closely related species has long interested botanists. The origin of the bimodal karyotype has been attributed to allopolyploidy, but this hypothesis has not been tested. Next-generation transcriptome sequence data were used to test whether ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： McKain MR,Wickett N,Zhang Y,Ayyampalayam S,McCombie WR,Chase MW,Pires JC,dePamphilis CW,Leebens-Mack J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:It has been hypothesized that two flower types permit flexible allocation of resources to female and male functions, yet empirical evidence for the sex-allocation hypothesis remains scarce in gynomonoecious species. To characterize resource allocation to pistillate and perfect flowers and allocatio...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Mamut J,Xiong YZ,Tan DY,Huang SQ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:We developed the first set of microsatellite markers for the passion fruit, Passiflora cincinnata, to provide tools for further study of its genetic diversity and to support current conservation and genetic studies. METHODS AND RESULTS:We used a microsatellite-enriched library approach to isolate ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Cerqueira-Silva CB,Santos ES,Souza AM,Mori GM,Oliveira EJ,Corrêa RX,Souza AP

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Our goal was to infer the phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography of the genus Dryopteris with a focus on taxa in sub-Saharan Africa and neighboring islands. In general, little is known about the relationships between African fern species and their congeners in other geographic regio...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Sessa EB,Juslén A,Väre H,Chambers SM

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00