Cuticular anatomy of Sphenobaiera huangii (Ginkgoales) from the Lower Jurassic of Hubei, China.

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Species differ in their temperature germination niche. Populations of a species may similarly differ across the distribution range of the species. Anticipating the impacts of climate variability and change requires understanding the differential sensitivity to germination temperature among and with...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Chamorro D,Luna B,Moreno JM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropical forest plants are known to be pollinated by a diverse array of animals. Here we report on the pollination of a woody climber species, Uvaria elmeri (Annonaceae), by cockroaches in a lowland mixed-dipterocarp forest in Sarawak, Malaysia. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of pollination by ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Nagamitsu T,Inoue T

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The balance between clonal and sexual reproduction can vary widely among plant populations, and the extent of clonality may be influenced by the combined effects of historical land use and variation in environmental conditions. We investigated patterns of clonal spread in five Trillium cuneatum populations, two in the...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Gonzales E,Hamrick JL,Smouse PE

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior field studies have shown that populations of forest herbs on relatively nutrient poor soils have higher vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) infection intensity than plants on rich soils. However, the growth responses and ability to take up P against the soil nutrient gradient are often not linearly related to...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Boerner REJ

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Inclusion of fossils in phylogenetic analyses is necessary in order to construct a comprehensive "tree of death" and elucidate evolutionary history of taxa; however, such incorporation of fossils in phylogenetic reconstruction is dependent on the availability and interpretation of extensive morphol...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Smith SY,Iles WJD,Benedict JC,Specht CD

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Hybridization and polyploidization (allopolyploidy) are ubiquitous in the evolution of plants, but tracing the origins and subsequent evolution of the constituent genomes of allopolyploids has been challenging. Genome doubling greatly complicates genetic analyses, and this has long hindered investi...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Buggs RJ,Renny-Byfield S,Chester M,Jordon-Thaden IE,Viccini LF,Chamala S,Leitch AR,Schnable PS,Barbazuk WB,Soltis PS,Soltis DE

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE:Adaptation to harsh edaphic substrates has repeatedly led to the evolution of edaphic specialists and generalists. Yet, it is unclear what factors promote specialization versus generalization. Here, we search for habitat use patterns associated with serpentine endemics (specialists) and serpentine tolerators (g...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Sianta SA,Kay KM

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences of the chloroplast genes rcbL and ndhf revealed a highly supported clade composed of the families Plantaginaceae, Callitrichaceae, and Hippuridaceae in close association with the model organism Antirrhinum majus and other members of family Scrophulariaceae. Plantago has miniature...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Reeves P,Olmstead R

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:• PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Mountainous regions support high plant productivity, diversity, and endemism, yet are highly vulnerable to climate change. Historical records and model predictions show increasing temperatures across high elevation regions including the Southern Rocky Mountains, which can have a stron...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Munson SM,Sher AA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:The phenotype of an individual can be modified by the environment experienced by its predecessors, a phenomenon called transgenerational or maternal effects. These effects are studied mostly across sexual generations and are thought to be mediated also by epigenetic variation. However, we do not kn...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： González AP,Chrtek J,Dobrev PI,Dumalasová V,Fehrer J,Mráz P,Latzel V

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:• PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Adansonia digitata L. is one of the most important indigenous fruit trees of mainland Africa. Despite its significance for subsistence and income generation of local communities, little is known about the genetic and morphological variability of East African populations of A. digitata...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Wiehle M,Prinz K,Kehlenbeck K,Goenster S,Mohamed SA,Finkeldey R,Buerkert A,Gebauer J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paniculate agaves from tropical deserts depend on nectar-feeding bats for their reproduction, while species from extratropical areas near the northern limit of Leptonycteris curasoae are pollinated by diurnal and nocturnal insects and birds. Agave angustifolia is a paniculate agave with a broad distribution in Mexico ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Molina-Freaner F,Eguiarte LE

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of chloroplast (cp) DNA is a powerful tool for the study of microevolutionary processes in land plants, yet has not previously been applied to seaweed populations. We used cpDNA-RFLP, detected on Southern blots using labeled total plastid DNA, to search for intr...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Wattier RA,Davidson AL,Ward BA,Maggs CA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructure of Typha latifolia pollen was examined as a function of pollen moisture content and incubation temperature, in order to identify possible lesions induced by imbibitional chilling. A syndrome of structural traits was found which characterizes damaged grains. Compared to viable grains, the protoplas...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Sack FD,Leopold AC,Hoekstra FA

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-distance transplantation of seed material as done in restoration programs has raised concerns about the risks associated with the introduction of maladapted genotypes that may hybridize with neighboring native conspecifics and decrease local population fitness (outbreeding depression). We studied the consequences...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Crémieux L,Bischoff A,Müller-Schärer H,Steinger T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) is maternally inherited in the majority, but not all, of angiosperm species. The mode of inheritance of cpDNA is a critical determinant of its molecular evolution and of its population genetic structure. Here, we present the results of investigations of the inheritance of cpDNA in Silene vulgar...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： McCauley DE,Sundby AK,Bailey MF,Welch ME

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:While the effect of abiotic factors on leaf herbivory is well known, the relative importance of abiotic conditions influencing both mutualists and antagonists is less well understood. Species interactions could enhance or reduce the direct effects of abiotic factors, depending on how mutualists and...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Soper Gorden NL,Adler LS

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Large-scale population genetics studies are required to investigate the dispersal processes underlying the emergence of Mycosphaerella fijiensis, a fungal pathogen of banana. To this end, we have developed an optimized genotyping procedure combining novel microsatellite markers and a m...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Robert S,Rieux A,Argout X,Carlier J,Zapater MF

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphology and development of the female flowers in Geonoma interrupta are described and compared with other taxa within Arecaceae. Inflorescences are pleiothyrses. Cincinni are immersed in pits and arranged according to the Fibonacci pattern along the rachillae. The gynoecium is composed of three free carpels in earl...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Stauffer FW,Rutishauser R,Endress PK

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent molecular phylogenetic studies of Solanaceae have identified many well-supported clades within the family and have permitted the creation of a phylogenetic system of classification. Here we estimate the phylogeny for Iochrominae, a clade of Physaleae sensu Olmstead et al. (1999), which contains 34 Andean specie...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Smith SD,Baum DA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Species formation is an intuitive endpoint of reproductive isolation, but circumscribing taxa that arise during speciation can be difficult because of gene flow, morphological continuity, hybridization or polyploidization, and low sequence variation among newly diverged lineages. Nonetheless, speci...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Stoughton TR,Kriebel R,Jolles DD,O'Quinn RL

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) of a large-insert genomic clone, BAC 22B2, previously suggested that Sorghum bicolor (2n = 20) has the tetraploid architecture A(b)A(b)B(b)B(b). Here, we report on BAC 22B2 subclone pCEN38 (1047-bp insert) as related to sorghum and sugarcane. Mitotic FISH of six different subc...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Zwick MS,Islam-Faridi MN,Zhang HB,Hodnett GL,Gomez MI,Kim JS,Price HJ,Stelly DM

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional farming communities frequently maintain high levels of agrobiodiversity, so understanding their agricultural practices is a priority for biodiversity conservation. The cultural origin of agave spirits (mezcals) from west-central Mexico is in the southern part of the state of Jalisco where traditional farme...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Vargas-Ponce O,Zizumbo-Villarreal D,Martínez-Castillo J,Coello-Coello J,Colunga-Garcíamarín P

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the effects of temporal variation in floral display size (number of flowers open at one time on a plant) on the rate of pollen removed and receipt of individual flowers for the sequential blooming plant Narthecium asiaticum (Liliaceae). Because of the acropetal blooming of this species, the display sizes w...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Ishii HS,Sakai S

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE:The Eocene-Oligocene transition (EOT; 34-33 Ma) was marked by global cooling and increased seasonality and aridity, leading to a shift in North American floras from subtropical forests to deciduous hardwood forests similar to today. This shift is well documented taxonomically and biogeographically, but its ecol...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Butrim MJ,Royer DL

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Darwin's research on botany and plant physiology was a landmark attempt to integrate plant movements into a biological perspective of behavior. Since antiquity, people have sought to explain plant movements via mechanical or physiological forces, and yet they also constructed analogies between plant and animal behavio...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Whippo CW,Hangarter RP

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of tribe Vandeae (Orchidaceae) form a large, pantropical clade of horticulturally important epiphytes. Monopodial leafless members of Vandeae have undergone extreme reduction in habit and represent a novel adaptation to the canopy environment in tropical Africa, Asia, and America. To study the evolution of mon...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Carlsward BS,Whitten WM,Williams NH,Bytebier B

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is often suggested that traits will be integrated, either because of pleiotropy or because natural selection may favor suites of integrated traits. Plant responses to different environments can provide evidence of such integration. We grew Mercurialis annua plants in high-density stands in high irradiance, in neutr...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Sleeman JD,Dudley SA,Pannell JR,Barrett SC

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Although our awareness of ploidy diversity has expanded with the application of flow cytometry, we still know little about the extent to which cytotypes within mixed-ploidy populations are genetically differentiated across environmental gradients. METHODS:To address this issue, we reared 14 popula...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Etterson JR,Toczydlowski RH,Winkler KJ,Kirschbaum JA,McAulay TS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a detailed analysis of how limited seed dispersal can create spatial structuring of genetic variation, several nuclear microsatellites were assayed in seedlings from two forests of Pinus strobus, one old growth (OG) and the other (second site, SS) logged in ca. 1900. By using loci with a large number of alleles and...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Walter R,Epperson BK

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00